Why Kaduna Ban Hawing, Begging- El Rufai

The Kaduna state government has explained why it ban street begging and hawking. Accroding to the governor’s special assistant on media and publicity, Samuel Aruwan, the ban was  due to the security situation in the state and to ensure maximum protection of lives and property following suicide attack that rocked Sabon Gari Local Government secretariat.

El-Rufai Speaking to press men In Zaria following a bomb blast that killed 26 persons.

Speaking at a press breifing in Kaduna, Mr. Aruwan the government’s decision was not aimed or targeted at the vulnerable group but to protect citizens and appealed to the people to see reason with the ban and cooperate with the government.

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“Kaduna State Government’s decision to ban hawking and begging in the state followed last week’s bomb attack that killed 26 innocent citizens and injured 32 persons. The government is a responsible government and conscious of its constitutional role to protect citizens and to ensure law and order for common good. The state government will not fold its arms and allowed citizens to be killed via terror act and break down of law and order hence the decision” the Nation quoted the special assistant.

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The reported said the beggars will remain on the streets, until the government gets them gainful employment stressing that they have the constitutional right to stay wherever they wish promising to take legal action against the governor for defamation and to seek redress as the ban is a gentle way of calling them terrorists.

 

 

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