Kwara Assembly Push for Action on Street Begging to Mitigate Social and Security Risks
The Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state government to enforce its Street Begging Prohibition Law to address the negative societal impacts of the practice.
Lawmakers argued that the trend undermines social cohesion and poses security risks. The call followed a motion titled 'Need to Control the Trend of Street Begging in Kwara State and Mitigate Associated Security Risks' , moved by Hon. Abdullahi Halidu Danbaba (APC/Kaiama/Kemanji/Wajibe) during a plenary session on Wednesday.
Speaker Yakubu Danladi-Salihu directed the Secretary to the State Government to establish a committee to investigate the scope, causes, and security implications of street begging. The committee will also propose measures to curb the issue.
Mr Danbaba, while leading the debate, said the growing trend was not only undermining public order but also exposing vulnerable individuals to abuse, trafficking and a threat to the safety and well-being of residents.
Other lawmakers in their contributions urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq to direct the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development to set up a community-based task force.
The lawmakers said the taskforce would help to identify, report and support the reintegration of beggars in the society.
Meanwhile, the parliament read a 'Bill to Amend Secret Cults and Secret Societies Prohibition in Kwara for the first time.
The bill, when passed, will impose stiffer penalties for offenders and other related matters.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ambassador Kayode Laro Salihu Ajia Logun Kunbi Titiloye Odo-Owa AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Age AbdulKareem Manzuma Kpotum Mohammed Baba Monthly Sanitation Exercise Salihu Jibril Garbi Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Quranic Recitation Competition Kaiama Ibrahim Taiwo Road Forgo Battery Company Limited Muideen Olaniyi Alalade Aliyu Salihu Otunba Taiwo Joseph Agor Peculiar Allowance Oke-Odo Mansur Alfanla Ayobola Ipinlaiye Iyeru Grammar School Fatai Garuba Labaka Kupchi Hosea Maxwell Abdulbaqi Jimoh NURTW Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd Muhammad Ghali Alaaya ARMTI Mujtabah Bature Quran Bolaji Gambari Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola Lucky Omoluwa Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi Saduki Lafiagi Belgore Kazeem Oladepo Olota Of Odo-Owa Ibrahim Orire Babatunde Ishola Babaita Oniwasi Agbaye KSIRS AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro Arandun Seed Technologies Kwara State Governor Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria Issa Oloruntogun Special Adviser On Digital Innovation Ajia-Bako Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku Toyin Olayinka Tejidini Okoolowo TIC Muazam Nayaya Jide Oyinloye Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Olupako Agboola Babatunde Kamaldeen Kehinde Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Yahaya Muhammad Awili Pedro Mohammed Abdulahi Lateef Ademola Olatunji Balogun Gambari Ibrahim Taiwo Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa Yemi Osinbajo Ayodele Olaosebikan Wahab Agbaje Shehu Raheem Adaramaja Sebastine Obasi

