The law, if it comes into existence, would also penalise encouragement of street begging by residents.
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This was even as the secretariat declared zero tolerance against destitute, child abuse and street begging.
The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun Dawodu, said this at a news conference in Ikeja, Lagos.
It was first read before the assembly on June 30 by the Majority Leader, Alhaji Abubakar Abukur.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says the ban on street begging is still in effect in the territory.
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has issued an Executive Order prescribing 10 years imprisonment for parents whose children engaged in street begging in the state.
The Anambra Government on Wednesday donated N50,000 cash and some items to each of the seven persons caught feigning blindness and using underage children to beg for alms in the state.
Malam Dahiru Nuhu of the board’s Anti-Begging Unit told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kano that 238 of those arrested were children while 270 were adults.