KANO – Beggars in Kano have resorted to going out at night to solicit for alms due to the Ramadan and in order to avoid arrest by officials of Kano State Hizba Board.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had placed total ban on street begging but the trade has continued.
A check by NAN around the metropolis revealed that most of the beggars disappear from major roads during the day time, only to resurface at night around eateries and mosques begging for alms.
Some of them said it was a strategy to conform with the Ramadan period.
A beggar, Malam Baba Sani, explained that during the day, people were hungry due to the fasting and hardly listen to them when they solicit for alms, “but in the night, most of them were cheerful after breaking their fast.”
He explained that because of the heat in the city and hunger due to fasting, most beggars had no alternative than to rest during the day and continue with their trade at night.
Malama Harira Adamu, a female beggar said that she usually gets food to break her fast, and had to seek for more for other meals.
Another beggar, Malam Inusa Adamu, described the Ramadan period as the best, saying that begging was fun due to high returns.
“Night begging is fun because we don’t have to be running around under the sun and go home with nothing.
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“Now we enjoy free meals almost everywhere and people give us money at night, so to me I wish every day will always be
Ramadan.” Adamu said. (NAN)
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