Residents Rejoice As Beggars Are Evacuated From Oshodi

Many residents of Oshodi area of Lagos State were at the weekend full of praises for the Lagos State Government when officials of the State Ministry of Youth and Social Development swooped on the area and arrested about 43 beggars at different locations within Oshodi and its environs.

When contacted, the State’s Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri confirmed the raid, adding that rescuing destitute and beggars was within the mandate of the Ministry. He said that the officials of the Ministry, especially its enforcement arm would continue the exercise and extend it to other parts of the State until every nooks and crannies of Lagos was liberated from the menace posed by beggars, miscreants and destitute.

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