Gift Barry-ObaThe Ogun State government has begun evacuation and rehabilitation of destitute with mental disorders who constitute environmental nuisance to communities across the state.
Hon. Adijat Adeleye, Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, while speaking to newsmen disclosed thatย the exercise aimed towards sanitizing the environment and ensuring security of residents.
Adeleye who expressed her disapproval of the growing number of homeless people roaming the state, emphasised that the Ministry needed to act quickly to stop the abnormality and lessen the threat it poses to the public.
She stated that the rehabilitation department of the Ministry had been to the 20 Local Government Areas of the state, to ensure that streets were rid of vagrants for safety of others.
The commissioner added that they would be properly rehabilitated and be united with their families after receiving medical care.
She appealed to citizens to maintain social and mental health, as well as refrain from activities such as drug abuse, among others that could lead to mental disorders.
Also speaking, Special Adviser to the Governor on Women Affairs, Chief (Mrs.) Ayotunde Lawal, assured that those picked would go through medical examination to determine the extent of their condition and know those that were miscreants or in disguise, to ensure that citizens move freely without fear of being attacked by vagrants.
