Kwara commences evacuation of street beggars in Ilorin
Kwara State government, on Wednesday, commenced an evacuation exercise of street beggars in the Ilorin metropolis, the state capital.
Speaking with journalists during the exercise, the state commissioner for Social Development, Chief Mrs. Kemi Afolashade, said that the exercise was one of the core mandates of her ministry.
The evacuation exercise, which commenced from such notable areas of the metropolis like the Tipper Garage, Tanke to Offa Garage, took the commissioner's entourage to Geri Alimi and the popular Challenge area where the street beggars were domicile.
Mrs Afolashade, who said that the leadership of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led government prohibited street begging, added that it is, therefore, prohibited for street beggars to stay in the areas.
During the exercise, a mentally deranged woman, found lying flat under the nearly completed Tunde Idiagbon bridge, was rescued by the commissioner, who later fed her.
The commissioner also had a chat with her on the vocation of her choice, a development which led to the ministry officials carrying her for onward medical treatment.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
NNPP Freshvine Nigeria Limited Abdulfatah Ahmed Agbarigidoma Umar Yakubu Jaja Adamu B. Yaqubu Oko George Innih Kwara Consultative Forum Otuka Amuda Musbau Kuliyan Geri Muritala Awodun Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Tunji Oyawoye Alfa Belgore CCEPE Pius Abioje Kazeem Gbolagade Oyedun Juliana Funke Valsolar Consortium Ademola Kiyesola Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin Okoolowo Jimoh Akani Ahmed Saidu Rufai Photo News Obasanjo Sidikat Alaya Lawal Jimoh IEDPU Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Abatemi Usman Benin Republic Students Union Government Ojuekun Seed Technologies Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Elese Of Igbaja Apata Ajele Secondary School Babatunde Ishola Babaita Coalition Of Kwara North Groups Saeedat Aliyu Olofa Of Offa Ghali Muhammed Oyin-Zubair Yahya Mohammed Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Kayode Ibrahim Ilorin Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Elections Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Isiaka AbdulRazaq Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Amos Justus Sayo Dorcas Afeniforo Umaru Saro Suleman Abubakar All Peoples Party Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah JAMB Emir Of Ilorin GANZY Fareedah Dankaka Muideen Olaniyi Alalade Abdullah Janet Amudat NSCIA Amosa Tunji Ajanaku Magaji Erubu Asa LGEA School Radio SBS Aminat Omodara Saka Isau Simeon Sule Ajibola Al-Ilory

