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Oyo Evacuates 32 Destitutes From Dugbe, Mokola For Rehabilitation

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Oyo State Govt evacuated 32 destitute out of streets for a rehabilitation program.
News Rain reports that the Oyo State government has on Friday disclosed that not less than 32 beggers have been evacuated from the street for rehabilitation purposes.

Oyo Destitutes From Dugbe, Mokola For Rehabilitation

The State Government in its continued effort at ridding the state of destitute and providing succor to children used for street begging carried out the exercise on Thursday afternoon around Dugbe market and Mokola under bridge.
According to Alhaja Faosat Sanni, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, who spoke through the Director Child Welfare, Mr. Sunday Kolajo said that six underage children, five adult men, five adult women, ten male children as well as five female children amongst whom were two on wheelchairs.
She said that the evacuated beggars who were majorly from the Northern part of the country would be taken to a special center managed by the Matan Arewa for  Sustainable Development Initiative, in collaboration with the State government.
“We have evacuated 32 destitute individuals from two popular locations in Ibadan, Dugbe and Mokola Roundabout, they have been taken to a special home where they will be rehabilitated for a change on their social status.
Alhaja Fausat said the State government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, has zero-tolerance for children roaming the street instead of going to schools, adding that this brought about the need for the enforcement exercise in the second half of the year to take destitute individuals, especially children beggars off the street.
The President Matan Arewa Sustainable Development Initiative, Hajia Aishat Ismail called on the northern State governments to help at repatriating the street beggars back to their various States.
“The children among them that were used by their parents as beggars will receive free education after their rehabilitation and medical care, they are Nigerians, they deserve to be given a better life like others.”
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