For this year, 2,319 persons accommodated at indigenous residence – ministry

A scene from the Christmas lunch (Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs photo)

So far for this year, 2319 persons from all ten administrative regions have been accommodated at the Indigenous Residence on Princes Street.

Among this number, a statement from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs said, were 1, 465 patients.

The statement said that on Tuesday, the Permanent Secretary and other senior functionaries in the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs hosted one hundred persons at the Indigenous Residence for its annual Christmas Lunch.