That article was not written by a Nigerian journalist ,obviously,Note the lack of harmony,and good syntax in the composition.Sure there are beggars in Lagos in particular Victoria Island but it trails off as you leave the larger cities. There is fertile land a plenty and those begging and doing raskality could do subsistance farming.Contra disposed look at calcutta the worlds largest populated city also the largest population of organized street beggars in the world is there .Why not write an article on the beggars of Calcutta vis-a-vis the Beggars of the Indian subcontinant,yet India tried to land a space vehicle on the moon ,think of the money wasted on that.Also ,the recent flooding in India and Bangaladesh caused a humanitarian crises ,first world countries had to come in and feed ,house and give medical care to nearely one million Indians ,where is the Gov. responsibility there.Nigeria is singled out because we all recognize that they are naturally gifted Africans and inspite of all the criticism Nigeria is still Africas most popular Nation .I still respect Nigeria Perry Fisher,MD

Not about street beggars than you look at the title of that piece of smut Perry Fisher,MD