Lagos
state chapter of ACN has replied people who criticized Lagos government on the
deportation of 70 people from the state. According to the party, no sane
government would be blackmailed into allowing homeless Nigerians continue to
inflict security and environmental problems on its state just to please those
that readily play lousy and retrogressive politics with issues for their
selfish and ulterior motives.
The
party said it is particularly irked by the decision of some professional chance
takers and political opportunists to take advantage of the recent movement of
some indigent, homeless and social miscreants to Onitsha for the purpose of
re-connecting with their families when they have no tangible business in Lagos.
The
party said there should be an end to opportunistic politics and cheap ethnic
and tribal politics as are being played out over the issue. The party said that
transporting indigent, homeless miscreants to their home states is not a new
idea and not limited to Igbos.
According
to them the scheme has seen the practical reduction in the number of the
beggars, street urchins and social miscreants that used to constitute real
danger to life in Lagos and has seen such people moved back to various states,
mainly in the North.
They insisted
that Lagos State Government has been careful to ensure that the number of
people involved in such periodic movements are minimal and are only people who
do not have where to stay in Lagos, who don’t have any real engagement in Lagos
and who constitute nuisance to other Lagosians.
According
to them, Lagos ACN wants to let Nigerians know that Igbos constitute over 45
per cent of the population of Lagos and they dominate key sectors of the Lagos
economy. Is there any case where any of the millions of Igbo with one
legitimate business or the other in Lagos is involved in the recent movement?
Igbos find Lagos a safe haven for their legitimate productive activities and
the present government has sustained good and cordial efforts to ensure this
prevails
0 Comments