Admin l Friday, October 01, 2021
KADUNA, Nigeria – The Kaduna State Government has announced far reaching measures to curb rising insecurity within the Kaduna metropolis. Addressing reports in Kaduna, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan announced a lot of measures to check insecurity in the state.
The Commissioner said the following measures will become effective from Thursday, 30 September 2021:
1. The complete ban on the use of motorcycles (Okada), for commercial or personal purposes, for three months in the first instance.
2. Ban on possession of or wielding of dangerous weapons.
3. Tricycles are allowed to operate only from 6am to 7pm. All tricycles must remove all curtains. Movement of all tricycles are restricted from dusk till dawn (7PM to 6AM).
4. All vehicles used for commercial transport must be painted in yellow and black within 30 days. Vehicles that are part of ride hailing services are to carry yellow and black stripes.
5. Ban on the sale of petrol in jerry-cans or other containers in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi, Kachia, Kagarko and Kajuru LGAs.
Other containment measures previously communicated by the Kaduna State Government remain in place. These include:
a. Ban on felling of trees and forestry activities in Birnin Gwari, Giwa Igabi, Chikun, Kachia, Kagarko and Kajuru LGAs.
b. Ban on firewood and charcoal transportation.
c. Ban on the transportation of livestock into and out of the State.
d. Cessation of weekly markets in the frontline local government areas of Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Chikun, Igabi, Kajuru and Kawo weekly market of Kaduna North local government.
The commissioner said the measures have been adopted purely in the interest of collective safety and security, and to aid the armed forces in their fight against these mindless criminals.
“Too many lives have been lost, and too many families have been shattered. Small groups of wicked persons cannot continue to hold us to ransom, and force us to live in perpetual fear”, he said.
