The Kano State House of Assembly (KNHA) has called on the state government to order the Kano Road and Traffic Agency KAROTA to stop further registration of tricycle riders in the state.
The Assembly says the number of commercial tricycle riders are too many in the state.
The call was made by the on Tuesday following a motion of urgent public importance presented by the APC member, representing Kunchi/Tsanyawa constituency, Garba Ya’u-Gwarmai.
The Managing Director of KAROTA, Baffa Babba Dan’agundi had earlier disclosed that no less than 65,000 commercial tricycle operators are registered by the agency.
According to Hon. Gwarmai, the actions of some tricycle operators in the state is worrisome.
“The cause of their strike, which is the issue of tax collection, is not a thing of concern compared to what other states like Kaduna, Lagos and other states are paying.
“And the tax if collected, the Government uses it for the development of the state, which the tricycle operators also enjoy the presence of such projects in the state.
“As you are aware, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the revenue collection in the state, the developmental programmes of the state government still continued.
“Therefore, the state government should provide an alternative to ensure that the operation of tricycle operators is being regulated and controlled. And also their mode of dress should be addressed.
“The operators’ mode of dressing should be looked at, because most of them dress indecently, they are under age and operate under drug influence.
“They should also be stopped from operating on the highways so as to avoid the loss of lives as it has been recorded when they are working on the highways.” He said.
Following contributions by the lawmakers, the motion was adopted and call was made on the state government to urgently look into the issue with the hope of sanitizing the transport business.
Recall that on Monday, the tricycle operators embarked on a warning strike across the state, to protest the collection of N100 tax by the state government, but the amalgamation of tricycle Union resolves to end the strike after a meeting with KAROTA, NLC and CSOs.
