The Association of Kaduna State Beggars has vowed to bring down the administration of Malam Nasir El- Rufai, if he insists on stopping them from begging, which they claimed is their source of livelihood, without providing them with an alternative source of income. The beggars, who addressed a press conference yesterday, said it was the proceeds of their efforts from begging that they put together and joined the movement which produced El-Rufai as governor of the state.
According to Malam Yahya Makaho, spokesman of the group, “they would not have voted for El-Rufai if they know he would stop them from begging and would not take care of their welfare.Makaho, a visuallychallenged person said: “I personally used the proceeds from begging to canvass for the support of El-Rufai. I used my money to mobilise for his support both on the streets and where I usually teach my students.
And I am not alone in my group that made that sacrifice. “We decided to support him, because we were tired of the then governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, who did not show any regard for our survival. We worked hard, spent money and prayed and God heard our prayers and brought down Yero. “Now, it would appear that we made a mistake. The new governor wants to bring us down. He does not want us to live.
He has chased us out of the streets and has made no alternative arrangement for our survival,” he lamented. Makaho said: “We are asking the governor to rescind this decision now or find ways to meet our basic needs. “If he refuses to heed to this demand, we shall make sure we bring down his government.
We are not going to pray that he dies, even if he wishes us so. “We are not going to say that he should be impeached, because we voted him to power. What we will do is to hand him over to the Almighty God, and we know He will remove him the same way he removed the former person. We are servants of God, and He always hears our cry.”
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