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Kano orders evacuation of mentally challenged persons from streets

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Kano orders evacuation of mentally challenged persons from streets

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has ordered the evacuation of mentally challenged persons roaming streets of the metropolis and environs

Kano orders evacuation of mentally challenged persons from streets
Kano orders evacuation of mentally challenged persons from streets

The Governor ordered that they be evacuated to psychiatric hospitals for treatment.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Vulnerable and Needy, Fauziyya D. Sulaiman, who confirmed this to newsmen, said the Governor’s action was informed by several complaints received about the persons roaming the streets na.ked.

According to her, “Several complaints have been received by the Governor over the persons living with mental health disorder who are roaming the streets in the metropolis and environs. Some of them go about na.ked and in the process some of them were molested, especially the female.

“The Governor, however, ordered that they all be evacuated from the streets to psychiatric hospitals for proper medical treatment.”

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