Kwara to Rid the Streets of Beggars

Date: 2013-04-11

The recent upsurge in the population of street beggars in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, may have started giving the state government some serious concern.

The Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, said that "street begging is not known to any law in Nigeria," adding that his government would commence "prompt action" against the beggars.

Ahmed, who said his government would encourage rehabilitation of such persons with the proof of being citizens of the state, disclosed that the upsurge could not be divorced from the recent actions of adjoining states' governments against the beggars.

Speaking yesterday in Ilorin in a chat with reporters, the governor said he would resist any attempt aimed at making the state a dumping ground for beggars.

"Many of these beggars are not from here. They ran away from a state such as Lagos and came here to beg. We will not allow it, because if we do, there is no law that will back up our action.

"A few days ago, when I was away for an official duty, some people under the aegis of Physically-Challenged Persons came to the Government House with their demands. They were Kwarans and that kind of demands could be listened to but for street begging, nothing of such would be allowed," the governor said.

Places such as Maraba, Tanke Junction, Kulende Junction, Gambari, Oja Oba Ipata, and Challenge junctions are daily flocked by these beggars.

The development is, no doubt, making the mockery of the daily sanitation exercise of the state government. The government has in its employment over 200 women sweepers who sweep the major streets in Ilorin everyday, except on Sundays.

Although some Moslem faithful claimed that the beggars could be referred to as the poor, who should be adequately catered for, the Chief Imam of Ilorin Mohammed Bashir said the belief was erroneous.

According to Bashir, Islam believes in hard work rather than begging. Besides, he said Al - Zakat should not be misconstrued as begging.

For him, Al-zakat is that percentage paid in a year to any identified poor person of the payer's choice, over the gains made in the course of a business, adding that, "begging should not be viewed as Al-Zakat."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lanre Issa Onilu     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Gbenga Awoyale     Orisun Igbomina     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ado Ibrahim     Daud Adeshola     Sayomi     Alaiye     Pacify Labs     Face Masks     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Tosho Yaqub     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Pakata     Valsolar Consultoria     Cornelius Adebayo     Ayekale     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Ibrahim Labaika     Bayo Ojo     Amos Sayo     Hauwa Nuru     Sunset Workers     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Logun     Yoruba     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Amos Bajeh     Ijagbo     Bolaji Nagode     Saka Keji     Makama     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Mike Omotosho     Abdulraheem Olesin     Saadu Yusuf     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Bola Olukoju     Simon Sayomi     Igbomina     3MTT     Ilorin Curfew     Sherif Shagaya     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     EFCC     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Saheed Alakoso     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Yusuf Badmus     Borgu     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     EndSARS     Doyin Agbamu     Gbenga Adebayo     Lanre Olosunde     Donatus Ejidike     Gbemisola Saraki     Sarah Jubril     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Tafida Of Kaiama    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Risikat Lawal     David Adesina     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ilorin Central Mosque     Emir Of Yashikira     Seed Technologies     Joseph Offorjama     Adaramaja     Falokun-Oja     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Ajase-Ipo     Arandun     Elections     Transition Implementation Committee     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     AbdulHamid Adi     Haleeman Salman     Nurudeen Mohammed     Young Progressives Party     Olugbense     Olupako     Kwara TV     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Hauwa Nuru     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Wahab Issa     Nnazua     Sebastine Obasi     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Hamza Usman     ER-KANG     Kwara Polytechnic     Omoniyi     Erin-ile     Usman Rifun     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Olohungbebe     Lai Gobir     Congress For National Consensus     Mohammed Ibrahim     Ayinde Oyepitan     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     All Peoples Party     Ethical College     Innocent Okoye     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Sheikh Alimi     Oyun     Shettima     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Sunday Otokiti     Riskat Opakunle     New Naira Notes     Makama Of Kaiama     Ajikobi     Marufat Oladosu     John Kehinde Salako     Sanusi Abubakar     Naira Redesign     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Halimah Perogi     Aso Ofi     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kwara Basketball Association     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Rapheal Ashaolu     YAKOOYO     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Saheed Alakoso     Olushola Saraki     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Iyeru Grammar School     Azeez Salawu     Ajasse-Ipo     Yahaya Seriki Gambari