Kwara State Government Pursues Legal Measures to End Street Beggary and Hawking

Date: 2025-04-14

The Kwara State government has sought legal collaboration with the judiciary to eradicate social vices such as street begging, hawking, child labour, and abuse. The initiative, spearheaded by the Ministry of Social Development, aims to address these issues through legal frameworks to ensure public safety.

Hon. Mariam Nnafatima Imam, PhD, Commissioner for Social Development, announced the plan during a recent meeting with Kwara State's Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, at the High Court of Justice in Ilorin.

Hon. Mariam stated that while the ministry is committed to uplifting vulnerable groups and eliminating social vices, ongoing efforts to curb street begging, hawking, and other harmful practices have yielded limited results. She highlighted that offenders often repeat these acts, necessitating stronger legal interventions.

Hon. Mariam noted that the best approach to forestalling street begging menace is through legal means where offenders are charged to court for prosecution and sentenced or heavily fined without delay, to serve as deterent to others, making partnership with the State Judiciary a necessity.

She reaffirmed Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's continous support to ensure safety and well-being of all residents, especially, children, vulnerable groups and other disadvantaged members of the state, intimating the Chief Judge on the need to properly engage the traditional rulers in the state to tackle some of the social vices through the traditional institutions.

In his remark, the Chief Judge of Kwara State, Hon. Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's exemplary leadership and unrelenting efforts at ensuring social equity and justice in the state.

Hon. Justice Adebara also appreciated the Commissioner for her proactiveness and foresight in ensuring that the Ministry of Social Development is taking the lead in securing social responsibility and uplifting the disadvantaged members of the state.

He noted that the State Judiciary will collaborate with the Ministry on strategic action plans and implementation of policies and programmes to eradicate street begging, hawking and other social vices in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     SARS     Ajike People Support Centre     Yakub Lai Gobir     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Ajia-Bako     Yomi Ogunsola     Islamic Development Bank     Sarah Alade     Kale Bayero     Ilorin Airport     Bashiru Makama     Baba Issa Awoye     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Suleiman Idris     Halimat Yusuf     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Logun     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Ayegbeni     Kunle Okeowo     Sa\'adu Salahu     Harrison Osauwagboe     Baba Issa     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     JMK Construction Company Limited     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Okin Malt     Ahmad Lawan     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ajuloopin     Mohammed Yisa     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     KWASAA     Omupo     Nurudeen Mohammed     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Jare Olatundun     Mumeen Lah     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Ibrahim Akaje     Olaitan Adefila     Ilorin Curfew     Kolawole Akande     Solomon Edojah     Oluronke Adeyemi     Muritala Olarewaju     Ishaq Abdulkarim     SUBEB     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Ita-Nmo Market     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Facemasks     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Radio SBS     Kwha.gov.ng     Oniwa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Oya State     KWATMA     AGM Professional Services     Adedeji Onimago     Ifelodun     Alikinla     Solomon Edoja     Kwabes     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Kwara State Fire Service    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Isiaka Danmeromu     Florence Saraki     Dan Iya     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Asa     ARMTI     Isiaq Khadeejah     Toyosi Thomas     Mohammed Halidu     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Rafiu Ajakaye     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     GGDSS Pakata     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Y.A. Abdulkareem     IPSAS     Nupe     Yunus Oniboki     Olupako     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Azeez Bello     Bamikole Omishore     Gbemisola Saraki     Gbugbu     Bolakale Kawu     Pakata Patriots     KWACOBPA     Ojo Fadumila     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Hassan Taiye Salam     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Omupo     Hijaab     Belgore     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ganiyu Abolarin     Sarah Alade     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Tunde Kazeem     Musa Yeketi     Elese Of Igbaja     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Saraki     Egbewole     Bisi Kristien     JAAC     Tunde Oyawoye     Isiaka Yusuf     Sola Saraki University     New Naira Notes     SSA Youth Engagement     Adebara     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Plat Technologies Limited     Garment Factory     Mumeen Lah     Sheikh Alimi     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Share/Tsaragi     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Kale Belgore     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Olatunji Moronfoye     Amusa Bello     CACOVID Palliatives     Apaokagi     Alapansapa     Sobi     A.E. Afolabi     Moses Salami     Ibrahim Abiodun     Ahman Pategi University