Street beggars have disappeared from the streets in Kano city following the passage of a law by the Kano state government banning beggars from seeking for alms on the streets.
Our reporter noticed yesterday that beggars were absent from most of the major roads such as Dangi Roundabout, Zoo Road, BUK Road, Zaria Road, State Road and Court Road where they often seen soliciting for alms.
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso signed the law proscribing street begging two weeks ago. He said the law was meant to curb antisocial activities like prostitution, drug abuse, ritual killings and other illegal practices that have been identified among beggars.
Kwankwaso also said that most of the beggars were indigenes of neighbouring states who flock to Kano because of its bubbling commercial activities which provide opportunities for making easy livelihood.
Sources say the government may evacuate non-indigene beggars and hem back to their states while those from the state would be taken back to their respective local government areas where they would be paid allowances and be given employment to cater for their needs.
The government said it would be paying N10,000 monthly allowances to disabled persons that cannot work while the others would receive skills acquisition or be absorbed into the state’s civil service.
The spokesman of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Malam Muhammad Yusuf Yola, who spoke to our reporter by phone, said personnel of his agency have been mandated to work with those of the Kano Road Transport Agency (KAROTA) to implement the law.
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