tofolo:
begging is a trade to them.

between 2009 and 2014, there was this guy Jabulani in Futa then. He was a tax collector (cooperate beggar) he approached me that day and I gave him 200 naira but later in the evening when I saw him at Mandate ( one popular eatery in futa south gate), I could not even afford what this guy was eating. I was disappointed that day because I felt scammed.
So back to what I said earlier, begging is a lucrative business to some of this people. They are in one or two cooperatives, doing daily contributions and all.

Lucifyre:

The irony is that the people spewing all this daft anecdotal beer palor gists would claim to be educated.

no mind them

Successlane:


So you confirm it's not only abokis and Muslims are beggars. --interesting.

yeah in every place you go and every religion there is a bigger among them but there are beggars who would want a change of status and there are beggers that would rather remain a begger by voting in useless leaders thereby inflicting more pains on themselves.,how can a sane mind believe Bihari or tinubu have anything to offer.,Bihari failed in the 80’s yet Yoruba people voted him again In This new millennium.,tinubu failed as a governor of Lagos state yet you guys believe someone like that can take care of Nigeria.,if Bihari or tinubu still come back this people will still vote them so why will I pity them.,even if the money tear into two I will rather throw it in the latrine,me before I give help to anyone I first ask for your tribe then your religion.,you must go thru screening before I help you.,I can never help a Yoruba Muslim or an aboki.period

ANlOMA:


The you should start begging since you see it as lucrative

you are insane - I meant the beggar was dishonest - he didnt need any helf - he is taking advantage of the man's pity who gave him $2 and this was in 1996 - so whats your fvcking problem ?- ozuor

ANlOMA:

Shut up with your useless lies.

How much him the beg for road to get 3 houses.

Cripple begger years ago yen yen yen

Show evidence 🧾 or get lost

There's a post I read here on nairaland 2 or 3 years ago about a begger, people discovered around 2M cash on her

SangoOlukosoOba:


Hello!

They are still the most honest and trustworthy tribe in Nigeria.

I don't doubt that.
But kill for no reason.

Is killing the best option?

ITK. Some of them are richer than you ooo

ogbonti:



you are insane - I meant the beggar was dishonest - he didnt need any held - he is taking advantage of the man's pity who gave him $2 and this was in 1996 - so whats your fvcking problem ?- ozuor

Beg Beg

That picture is around YKC, Trans Amadi/Zoo axis . I might be wrong tho it looks familiar.

AntiChristian:
Islam forbids begging as the main source of income!

So i may give them food but will never encourage them in begging!

Begging is permitted only when someone is stricken by poverty or calamity or where one is indebted when trying to reconcile two people!



I once saw beggars sorting/counting their beggings after they finished praying in the mosque!
Even you wey dey work fit no make such cash per hour!

In all, don't abuse them! If you have something to spare give!
If you don't have just mind your business!

And if you detect fraud report them!

Jor shey you know Islam more than your people from the North North in babiallah asiri abo business or you know Islam more than your alfas and imams begging for owo kika kurani, owo ope and owo utuba?

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I understand things are hard, but pls manage wetin you receive

BewareOf419:


I once lived in Kano so I know these people, they are just in South to hustle but have more than enough at their local places

You guys exaggerate these stories. I have stayed in the North. The level of poverty experienced there is worse than what obtains in parts of Sudan and Somalia.

Poverty in the North does not come near what we call poverty down south. When they tagged poverty capital, it was Northern Nigeria they had in mind.

Shalommy:
Aboki beggars? I can't help them.

you wey no fit even help yourself, how you want take help person else?
You can't give what you don't have.
Mumu

mastermaestro:


You guys exaggerate these stories. I have stayed in the North. The level of poverty experienced there is worst than what obtains in parts of Sudan and Somalia.

Poverty in the North does not come near to what we call poverty down south. When they tagged poverty capital, it was the Northern Nigeria they had in mind.

But what I know is that majority of these people begging for money especially in South have more than enough

This street begging seems like a cultural thing and if we notice, a major part of the North borrowed their culture from the Arabs in the Middle East. Go to Jeruslem, the beggars on the street are arabs. You can't see a jew beggar.

Greattha:
Well said.

I remember this begger at oshodi those days who owned 2 storey buildings in different parts of lagos and was a big time customer of Zenith Bank...a begger.

For most of them, it's a profession...not that they lack.

Abi is OP one of them?

Cos I don't understand this his campaign...market no dey like before

Can't you see the economy?

OP should be one of them trying to defend his people by kind of having sympathy for them

I don't know about your area. The harsh economic situation in Nigeria has pushed many within my locality into corporate street begging. This is because beggars eat 3 to 5 square meal with excess remaining from the donations of various charity organizations and kindhearted individuals. people with disabilities are now money making machines for some individuals who displayed them along the road and streets, begging for alms.

ANlOMA:


Lol.
Less than 5% of Nigerians have up to a million in their bank account.
You can't have a million in your account then choose to sit on the road to beg even if you're cursed

Those beggars that have houses and still begging are they also cursed?

Newton1045:


I don't doubt that.
But kill for no reason.

Is killing the best option?

Easterners and westerners kill for no reason too.

Ritual killings and cultism is a pandemic down south too.

But talk about overall, Northerners are the best humans in Nigeria.

ANlOMA:

Shut up with your useless lies.

How much him the beg for road to get 3 houses.

Cripple begger years ago yen yen yen

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No mind am

Lie Lie Linus

Melagros:

You're absolutely wrong, this is PORT HARCOURT, street begging is not peculiar to the north

Begging has been in existence since during the time of Jesus Christ on earth. Are you aware of this fact?

Are u talking about location or who d people really are?

BewareOf419:


But what I know is that majority of these people begging for money especially in South have more than enough

Yes yes... Cause you did an audit of their accounts and assets to come to that conclusion im sure😏

DevilsEqual:

There are 100m people more who are ready to help them ,excluding those from your region cause you guys dont know anything about humanity

Cheers, as there are alot of people ready to render your stinginess as being inconsequential

See how shallow ur mind set is. What has region got to do with someone's opinion about something. Oya mention the region

[quote author=ANlOMA post=130684143] Shut up with your useless lies.
How much him the beg for road to get 3 houses.
Cripple begger years ago yen yen yen
Show evidence

Giving to others has nothing to do with them having more than you or less than you.

I only spare change if anyone approach me politely and not giving random people sitting down to beg.

If una trace their lineage very well, they will be related to buhari that ignorantly destroyed this country with pleasure.

FalseProphet1:
Things are hard o. My church offering has dropped drastically.

Last Sunday I preached about tithes And hell fire for over 3 hours, yet offering didn't increase. People are suffering.

This I have seen.

You are really madd

FalseProphet1:
Things are hard o. My church offering has dropped drastically.

Last Sunday I preached about tithes And hell fire for over 3 hours, yet offering didn't increase. People are suffering.

This I have seen.

Dis guy u no well...

Melagros:
COMRADES, please this is an appeal, whenever you see these beggars help them with the little you can, the N50, N100, we give them goes a long way in their lives

I am aware of the ongoing hardship in our land, but these are people who are incapacitated in almost all ramifications of living

Please, endeavour to do so, your pot of oil will never run dry.

MODIFIED
This is PORT HARCOURT CITY, and not a Northern part Nigeria, as some of the posters below are insinuating

I see them. Next presidential election, they will still support the same APC which made Nigeria become the POVERTY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND THE MOST TERRORISED COUNTRY ON EARTH.

ogbonti:



here in the California, a beggar asked me for money when I just arrived from Nigeria at a BUS stop when I was waiting for a bus and I had $20 and $1 only -- $20 to get food and $1 to put in the ticket slot in the bus. So I could not part with any - Another man gave the beggar $2, immediately the beggar rolled down his socks under his trousers - brought a wad of $$$ - in my estimation that was up to $500, he added the $2 he just collected to it, put it back in the socks, rolled it up - and went to the very next man to ask for help - of course the next man said no- we all looked at ourselves in disbelief and the man who gave that $2 to the beggar felt duped... as the beggar walked away

Damn

DevilsEqual:

There are 100m people more who are ready to help them ,excluding those from your region cause you guys dont know anything about humanity

Cheers, as there are alot of people ready to render your stinginess as being inconsequential

Do you see British people on the streets begging? Britain is a developed country.
That's the level of development the essterners in Nigeria want to achieve in a country they belong to. But because of crude oil and gas deposits in the Niger delta region, you get easterners trapped in one Nigeria with your sort.

Melagros:

You're absolutely wrong, this is PORT HARCOURT, street begging is not peculiar to the north

Begging has been in existence since during the time of Jesus Christ on earth. Are you aware of this fact?

give your people education instead of Boko Haram, the north is the richest as well as the poorest because that's what you people want