destitute and handed them over to an orphanage home, Almighty God
Compassion Home for rehabilitation.
Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community Development and Social
Welfare, Mrs. Atinuke Osunkoya, who led the crew of Social Workers to
some areas in Ibadan, expressed the government's readiness to get rid
of destitute from the state.
Osunkoya in a statement sent to DAILY POST also disclosed that the
state government had re-united three children apprehended under Mokola
bridge with their families.
Osunkoya disclosed that the destitute, homeless children and the
mentally deranged would be evacuated in order not to constitute a
menace to the society, explaining that out of the 12 children handed
over to the orphanage home, eleven were homeless and one was mentally
deranged.
Osunkoya further explained that most of the destitute on the streets
and under bridges had a right to survival, stressing that homeless
children as well as physically challenged apprehended would be
counseled and given a chance to have good living either by re-uniting
them with their families or taking them to collaborating
non-Governmental organisations.
She then urged parents to take good care of their wards, discourage
them from loitering as well as desist from using them to beg for alms,
warning that any parent who explored the innocence of his/her children
to constitute a nuisance to the society will face the wrath of the
law.
She assured that the state government would continue to maintain a
healthy, clean and serene environment, noting that government would
not relent in its efforts to create a better life for all its
citizens.
Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Chief Isaac Ishola
who led government officials to reunite the children with their family
members reiterated the state government's policy of safety of life and
property for all and sundry.
He urged that parents should take adequate care of their children as
many of these children were products of broken homes or parental
maltreatment.
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