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."
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