Kwara Govt Commences Evacuation of Street Beggars 

Kwara Govt Commences Evacuation of Street Beggars

The Kwara State Government, on Wednesday, commenced evacuation 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 the exercise was one of the core mandates of her ministry.

Tribune reported that the evacuation exercise, which commenced from 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 Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led government prohibited street begging, stressed therefore, that the beggars cannot continue staying 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.

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