Oyo State Government has begun relocation of beggars from Jemibewon Road, Sabo area of Ibadan to newly built Akinyele Resettlement Centre at outskirts of the state capital.
The evacuation process, which started months ago, formally commenced at 7 a.m. on Tuesday following a tour of the new site by Arewa community leaders and representatives of the beggars on Saturday.
The State’s Commissioner for Environment, Barrister Idowu Oyeleke, who led the first set of evacuees to Akinyele, said the new site is fitted with social amenities including schools, hospitals, and recreation centres.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, named other Ministries involved in the exercise to include Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Information, Culture and Tourism, Local and Chieftaincy Matters as well as 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.
At 8 a.m. on Tuesday, three fully loaded Pacessetter buses left Jemibewon road for Akinyele, while others were being loaded.
