Tag: Edo Government

  • Edo Government to Ban Street Begging

    Edo Government to Ban Street Begging

    The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is set to begin the evacuation of street beggers who are not ready to accept meaningful and decent ventures.

    He said this on Monday to the Muslim faithful who were on a courtesy Visit to the Government house in Benin.

    Obaseki stressed that in the next few weeks or months he will no longer allow street begging in the state, that anyone whose children are not in school but on the street begging or trading will be arrested and prosecuted; he said his administration believes that basic education is the right of every child.

    Earlier the Chief Imam
    Of Benin Central mosque, Abdulfatai enabulele commended the governor for his administration developmental strides and urgently called on Mr. Obaseki to urgently take some drastic steps to check street begging and trading in the state, that the act was capable of disturbing the peace of the state.

  • Oshiomhole is disrupting public peace, safety in Edo — Edo Government

    Oshiomhole is disrupting public peace, safety in Edo — Edo Government

    Edo State government has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of repeatedly breaching the peace and safety of the state which it said has led to bodily harm of citizens as well as the destruction of public and private property.

    In a statement by Secretary to the Edo State Government, Mr. Osarodion Ogie in Benin on Wednesday, the government said Comrade Oshiomhole’s disregard for directives by the judiciary, the Nigeria Police Force and the state government to secure and protect Edo citizens has continued to generate tension and caused the destruction of properties.

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