NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
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ANAMBRA GOVT WARNS THOSE WHO USE CHILDREN TO BEG ALMS TO DESIST FROM IT OR FACE THE WRATH TODAY.

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Image result for children begging for alms in anambra state             Dr Victoria Chikwelu,the Anambra Commissioner for Social Welfare,Children and Women Affairs,gave the warning today friday in Awka in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.The commissioner decried the activities of those who use vulnerable persons to beg for alms,adding that it will not tolerated.Chikwelu said anyone caught using children and sick persons under any guise to solicit for alms,will be apprehended and prosecuted.
She lamented the indiscriminate use of children,the sick and other persons in need of medical attention for alms begging,which she noted compounds the medical and mental status of the victims.
The commissioner,however,advised any person that has a sick person should go to government hospital for treatment at a reasonable coast.She also advised persons with disability to enroll in any of the government-owned homes for physically challenged persons.
The commissioner described the state government as child friendly and would stop at nothing to protect their rights.She appealed to the public to report persons who engage in using children for alms begging to the Ministry of Social Welfare,Children and Women Affairs in Awka,or the nearest police station for prompt action.
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