Abia to repatriate destitutes to native states

Biola Azeez, Umuahia - 25.05.2008

Abia State Government will soon commence repatriation of destitutes and mad people loitering about the commercial city of Aba and Umuahia ,the state capital, to their respective native states if the threat of the Commissioner for Sports and Social Welfare, Paul Mba, is anything to go by.

Speaking with journalists in Umuahia during one of the ministerial briefings marking one year anniversary of the PPA administration in the state, the commissioner said the measure is capable of reuniting the destitutes and the mad people with their long lost family members.

The commissioner said the states that will be affected may wish to retaliate if they like, adding that the state government was determined to sustain the achievement recorded in clean and safe environment condition in Aba and Umuahia .

He explained that when such activity was carried out in a neighbouring state in the past, two destitutes that had been lost forgotten were reunited with their families in Olokoro area of Umuahia South local government area of the state.