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.
Salman Jawondo Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Olawuyi Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Tanke Road Abdulwaheed Musa Monthly Sanitation Exercise Ibrahim Abdullahi Michael Ologundea Razaq Atunwa Eleja Taiwo Banu Ahmad Ali Kayode Ibrahim Madawaki IHS Towers Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi Nigerian Correctional Service Ilorin General Hospital Adamu Atta Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Congress For National Consensus Mustapha AbdulGaniyu Bio Ibrahim Al-Ilory Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa ENetSuD Kale Ayo Photo News Mukhtar Shagaya Idiagbon SSUCOEN IDPU Simeon Sayomi Abdullahi Samari Emir Of Ilorin Arca Santa School Of Nursing Rihanat Ajia Sam Onile Ajase-Ipo Binta Sulyman Kwara State Pension Board Kwara Consultative Forum CACOVID Olomu Of Omu-Aran Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf Olayinka Olaogun Buhari Edret Sabi Abel Oniye Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Albert Ogunsola Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Alabere Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State Baruten Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Muhammed Aliyu Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Alfa Belgore Gbemisola Oguntimehin Olaosebikan March 28 Abdullahi G. Mohammad Zulu Gambari Abdulkareem Alabi Hajj IsDB University Road Olushola Saraki Kale Bayero Ishola Abdullahi Hassan A. Saliu Oke-Ode Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf

