Motorcycle ban: Kaduna residents await govt decision as ban elapses

By Grace Abiodun

The Kaduna residents await government decision as ban on commercial motorcycles elapsed during the week.

This is coming on the heels of Kaduna state government decision to place a ban on commercial motorcycle as a result of insecurity.

The state government had on September 29 announced security measures that included a three-month shutdown of telecommunication in parts of the state as well as a complete ban on motorcycles for commercial and personal purposes. Tricycle operations in the state were only allowed between 6am-7pm.

However on November 26, the state government lifted the telecommunication ban when commuters could not call for help during consistent attacks on the kaduna-Abuja Highway by bandits.

“The Commissioner of internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the ban would last only three months and we hope he will announce a lift of the ban now that the three months have elapsed,” he said.

“The last three months have been difficult for me and my family because we’ve had to sometimes walk for hours due to the ban and a limited number of commercial vehicles and tricycles. We hope the state government will not extend it,” said Khalil Ibrahim, a teacher with the state government.