Street begging: Kwara govt evacuates beggars off Ilorin bridge

Date: 2022-01-22

Less than 48 hours after the Kwara State government announced a ban on Street begging in Ilorin, the State Environmental Protection Agency has begun the evacuation of street beggars on the Gerin-Alimi bridge.

The state Commissioner for Social Development, Abosede Aremu, on Thursday, said that the state government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hausa community on the prohibition of street begging in Ilorin, the state capital.

Aremu said during a meeting with the representatives of the Hausa community, the government took the bold step given the nuisance that street begging poses on major roads in the capital city.

KWEPA in a statement by its Press Secretary, Adekunle Adejoke, said that the street beggars were sent away from the Geri-Alimi bridge after well-meaning residents of the state sent in reports of environmental violations on the part of the beggars.

She said that the activities of the beggars have been sabotaging the efforts of the state government in keeping the environment clean.

According to the statement, "The General Manager of the Agency, Alhaji Sa'ad Dan-Musa, led the enforcement team of the Agency to inspect the site and over fifty beggars were sent away and warned not to return to the location.

"Alhaji Dan-Musa, admonished those in the environment to play their part by sending away the beggars whenever they sight them there and let the government play her part of monitoring.

"The Head, Encroachment Unit, Alhaji Yunusa Jiddah, on his part, issued a stern warning to the beggars and told them the implications attached to violating environmental laws."

He reiterated that anyone caught there, later on, would be prosecuted according to the law.

The Commissioner had earlier reminded residents that there was punishment and penalty for street begging which attracts a fine or imprisonment according to Kwara State Street Begging Prohibition Law 2006.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Isiaka Yusuf     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Aiyedun     Oniye     Albert Ogunsola     Jamiu Oyawoye     Maimunat Oniyangi     Issa Manzuma     Moses Adekanye     Tsaragi     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Oniyangi     Press Release     Wahab Femi Agbaje     General Hospital     Kwara State Governor     Sarah Alade     Folaranmi Aro     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Flights To Ilorin     NULGE     Jumoke Gafar     Kemi Adeosun     KSIRS     Ishola Abdullahi     Kwara 2023     Council Of The Wise     SAPZ Project     Ramadan     Marufat Oladosu     Moshood Mustapha     Local Government Pension Board     Ahmed \'Lateef     Eleja     Kayode Zubair     Bola Tinubu     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Chief Imam Of Offa     Kwara North     Share     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Matthew Babaoye     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Aliyu Muyideen     Oloriegbe     Ganiyu Taofiq     Ola Falade     Bluenile Associates     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Admiralty Villa     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Communication Network Support Services     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Sola Saraki University     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Olosi Of Osi     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Solomon Edojah     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Yusuf Aiyedun     Alliance For Democracy     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Medview Airlines     Kehinde Baale     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Moji Makanjuola     ER-KANG     Na\'Allah     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Offa Descendants Union     Maigidasanma     Olomu Of Omu-Aran    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Moshood Bakare     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     FERMA     Adebara     Buari Edun     Www.Kwarareports.com     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Saheed Akinwumi     Hauwa Nuru     Ajakaye     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ronke Adeyemi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Talaka Parapo     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     KW-GIS     Quareeb     Ballah     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Law School Scholarship     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     V.O. Abioye     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Sabi     Zaratu Umar     Bolaji Gambari     Kwara Restoration Project     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Kwara State Polytechnic     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Shagari     Orisa Bridge     Olatinwo     Labaeka     Sa\'adu Salau     Abubakar Aliagan     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     IESA     Dagbalodo     Osuwa     Abdulwahab Oba     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Funmilayo Oniwa     Ajayi Okasanmi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ariyo     Ibrahim Orire     EndSARS     African Democratic Congress     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Halidu Danbaba     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Sarkin Malamai     Wasiu Onidugbe     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Ashiru     Bayer AG     John Obuh     Eruku     Ayekale     Gbugbu International Market     Umar Adelodun     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Olateju Lukman     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Eleyele     Olokoba     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Ahmed Dankaya     Mumeen Lah     Prince Bola Ajibola     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Folorunsho Erubu