Oyo State government has begun the evacuation of beggars from the shanties and along the major streets in Ibadan and its environs.
The beggars along popular Jemibewon road, Sabo area in Ibadan North West Local Government Area were moved around 7am on Tuesday to the newly built Akinyele Resettlement Centre, which had been earlier inspected and approved as decent accommodation by Arewa community leaders and representatives of the beggars.
The state’s Commissioner for Environment, Barrister Idowu Oyeleke was quoted in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, saying that’s what the scheme is, with social amenities including schools, hospitals, and recreation centres.
Other Ministries involved in the exercise were; Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Information, Culture and Tourism, Local and Chieftaincy Matters as well as the Office of the Executive Secretary, Oyo State Security Trust Fund, headed by CP Fatai Owoseni, rtd, who is equally the Special Adviser on Security Matters to the governor.