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Kano state launches welfare programme

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    Kano state in northern Nigeria has launched a special welfare programme to get beggars off the streets and provide free medical services, 'The Guardian' newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    The Lagos daily reported the state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, as saying the government had put together a mobile medical team to provide free treatment throughout the state to people with hypertension, diabetes and malaria.

    Beggars would be removed to special facilities for vocational training and receive soft loans to do trades. "Those who cannot learn anything would be given N2,000 (US $18) monthly for their upkeep," Kwankwaso was quoted as saying.

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