Source: Daily Post

Oyo State Government has evacuated no fewer than forty-eight destitute and homeless children in Ibadan, the state capital.  The action, according to the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Saani, was done as part of activities in commemoration of the World Mental Health Day.  

Saani, while speaking, maintained that the evacuation was necessary to make a better living for the concerned individuals as the destitute and those with mental health issues would be taken to rehabilitation centers while children used to beg would be taken back to school.  “The raid was meant to clear the streets of street children, beggars, mentally-derailed persons who have become an eyesore to the State and to give them necessary attention at the rehabilitation centers while the children will be registered in schools.