The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Sunday repatriated 217 destitute and avenue beggars evacuated from the street of the Federal Capital City, Abuja.
Alhaji Sani Amar-Rabe, Director, Department of Social Welfare Services, Social Development Secretariat (SDS) of the FCTA, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the FCT Vocational and Rehabilitation Centre in Bwari Area Council.
The director spoke to NAN fast after dispatching officials of the department to transport the destitute and beggars to their respective states.
He described that the repatriation was modified in compliance with the order thru the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, and the Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Mr. Olusade Adesola, who knows about the department of social welfare services to rid the city of human and environmental nuisances.
He stated that it modified into the obligation of the FCTA to make certain that those evacuated from the streets were repatriated to their various states.