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.
Abdullahi Biffo Iliasu Code Of Conduct Bureau Isiaka Alikinla Saad Omo\'ya Mohammed Ibrahim Isiaka Abdulrazak Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara Ishaq Salman Erin-ile Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Muhammed Aliyu Ajeigbe Kwara State University Of Education Esinrogunjo 11th Galadima Oba-Solagberu Iyeru Grammar School Aminu Adisa Logun Kwara Liberation Group Yekini Adio Oro Grammar School Abdulraheem Yusuf National Union Of Road Transport Workers Femtech ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege Balogun-Ojomu Kwara 2019 Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Opobiyi Saliu Ajia Fatai Garuba Labaka Abdulfatah Ahmed Lanwa Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Alloy Chukwuemeka Coronavirus Bolaji Abdullahi Abubakar Abdulraheem SSA Youth Fatimat Saliu Garba Dogo Lukman Adeloyin Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Ado Ibrahim Busari Toyin Isiaka Kuliyan Geri Idiagbon Deji Ajani Modibo Kawu Bello Taoheed Abubakar ASKOMP Segun Adeniyi Olusegun Adeniyi Abdulmutalib Shittu Usman Yunusa JMK Construction Company Limited AbdulRahman Saad Otoge Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Salman Alada CKNG Oya State Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Wole Oke Paul Odama Eleja Taiwo Banu Doyin Agbamu Mufutau Olatinwo AbdulHamid Adi Sa\'adu Gambari Oko Al-Adaby Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran Yahaya A Paniyaro Bank Of Industry

