COVID-19: Kano govt reviews restrictions on public transportation

The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has reviewed its restrictions on public transportation over fears of the spread of the COVID-19 virus which has fast spread across the country.

Dr Baffa Dan’agundi, who leads the management of the Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), said that after a meeting with the state Commissioner for Transportation, Barr. M. S Lawal and other stakeholders, the Agency reviewed the restrictions.

While speaking with newsmen on Tuesday about the recent development, Nabilusi Abubakar Kofar Na’isa, KAROTA Public Relations Officer,said that the new order now permits tricycle operators to carry two passengers at a time as against the earlier order which allowed for only a passenger.

However, he explained that “both passengers must wear face masks and the tricyclists must also wear a face mask and make provision for hand sanitizer for his passengers.

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“Secondly, that henceforth, all taxi drivers are to carry only two passengers at the backseat and only one at the front making a total of four including the driver and must all wear the face masks.”

He also said that taxi drivers too have been ordered to provide hand sanitiser for their passengers.

He further said: “Thirdly, that it has been agreed that all commercial buses are to carry only two passengers per seat row and only one at the front and must all put on the face masks and drivers must provide hand sanitizers for all passengers.

“This is also applicable to all other commercial drivers that convey passengers from the town to villages within the state.”

The review on restrictions on transportation comes after two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state.

The Kano State Ministry of Health which disclosed this on its Twitter handle said the discoveries brought the number of coronavirus cases in the state to three.

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