OSUN RECEIVES 26 HOMELESS PERSONS FROM LAGOS

Osun State Government on Wednesday received 26 of its homeless indigenes residing in Lagos State.

The Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Mr. Biyi Odunlade, received the destitute at the National Youth Development Centre, Ode-Omu.

They included 19 males, five females and two children.

Odunlade said, “Lagos State wrote to us to come and take 46 of our indigenes. We sent one of our directors to Lagos to go and assess the situation. When our director got there, he conducted a personal screening for the persons and discovered that some of them are from Oyo and Ondo states.

“His screening, in the presence of Lagos State officials, brought the number of the homeless to 26. This is the number of persons we are receiving today.”

Odunlade said the destitute would receive medical treatment, explaining that after their rehabilitation, they would be united with their families.

The governor’s aide, who said the state government had made enough provision for the destitute, added that welfare officials from the state Ministry of Youths, Sports and Special Needs would live with them at the centre to ensure that they did not face any hardship.

Odunlade said many psychotics, wandering on the streets in the state, had been treated and reunited with their families.

Odunlade added, “We have the case of Rachael Joko, an indigene of Ogbomoso, who was psychologically affected because she was jilted. We have rehabilitated her and employed two of her children.

“A Ghanaian, Grace Amakuku, gave birth and strapped the child along with the placenta to her back. The state government has rehabilitated her.

“Another case was that of one Lawrence Okunola, an indigene of Esundirin, who came for his father’s burial but became affected mentally on his way to Ore, Ondo State. We have rehabilitated and relocated him to Esundirin, Osun State.”

Source: Punch