Kano sends beggars ejected by Lagos to home states

The Kano State Hisba Board said on Saturday that it had facilitated the return of 52 street beggars to their states of origin.
The Public Relations Officer of the board, Malam Mohammed Yola, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
Yola said the affected beggars were brought to Kano from Lagos State in December 2014.
He said: “The street beggars were arrested by the Lagos State Government, which banned street begging, and sent them back to Kano.
“The Kano State Government then directed the board to return some of them to their respective states of origin.”
Yola said 29 of them were from some local government areas in Kano State, while the remaining 52 were from other states in the North.
Yola further said that 13 of those affected came from Jigawa State, 12 from Katsina State, three from Niger State and four each from Zamfara and Kebbi States.
Others, he said included seven from Kaduna State, two from Borno State, six from Niger Republic and one from Ghana.