ADP Guber aspirant tackles Ganduje over ban on tricycles

The gubernatorial candidate of the Kano State Action Democratic Party (ADP) and a member of the House of Representatives, Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada, has condemned in totality the ban of tricycles on major roads, without due consultations and provision of alternatives for operators.

Shaaban who criticized the ban on tricycles on major state roads by the state government warned that the action negates the principles of human development.

Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada made the statement in a press statement made available to newsmen by his campaign council spokesperson, Abbas Yushau Yusuf in Kano.

He said at a time when the government is supposed to come up with ideas to address youth restiveness and divert their attention from crimes and drug abuse, it is rather focused on the path of persecution.

Ibrahim Sharada who is the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence and National Security sympathized with commuters and tricycle operators over the hardship allegedly inflicted on them by the state government.

He said even though the transportation system in Kano is in urgent need of a total overhaul, the manner, in which the current administration is going about it signals an absolute disregard for the livelihood and welfare of residents.

“This measure will subject pregnant women, schoolchildren, and hardworking citizens to unwarranted trekking, leading to the loss of productivity or even lives.”

“In addition, it will retard the economic well-being of the tricycle owners, operators, repairers, oil and spare part merchants, as well as the millions of Kano people who eke out a living from the operation of tricycles.” He added.

The ADP gubernatorial candidate blamed the Kano State government for pursuing policies that force the populace to rely on tricycles in the first place.

“Such policies include the deliberate disregard for metropolitan roads as well as the uncontrolled allocation of parking spaces that makes car owners prefer the tricycles over their own vehicles.”

He said the government should have brought out a plan that will alleviate the sufferings of commuters and engage the tricycle value chain in economic activities that will replace their lost earnings.

Sha’aban called on Kano citizens to vote for the ADP in the forthcoming election to usher in a government that will carry stakeholders along in every decision