The People’s Democratic Party in Kano state has accused Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of trying to destroy the daily economic activities in the state for refusing to reconcile or dialogue with the striking commercial tricycle operators for the last three days.
This is contained in a statement by the chairman of the State chapter of the People’s Democratic party, Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi and made available to newsmen in Kano on Wednesday.
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“The People’s Democratic party in Kano state notice with dismay the intention of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to destroy the daily economic activities in the state for refusing to reconcile with striking tricycle riders for the last three days.
“Kano is known for various commercial activities on daily basis and the means of transportation remains the major pillar with the tricycle riders as catalysts who cater for at least 80 percent of the routine movements within the metropolitan city.
“It is very pertinent to note that Ganduje’s administration has failed its citizens in every ramification, particularly, the state government has done nothing in the transport sector for the seven years of its existence rather it truncated the students transportation systems introduced by the government of Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
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“Ganduje and his cohorts have turned the Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) into a major revenue generating agency instead of being a traffic regulatory agency as it was established to serve with that purpose.
“Hundreds of thousands of youths are engaged in this business and it generates both employment and state revenue, only a government without a clear economic direction can fight a self-employed youth, women and other individuals at a time when the nation faces a dwindling economy and insecurity that put citizens into abject poverty.
“PDP wishes to further stress that government should as matter of urgency address this issue because allowing this crisis to linger on will degenerate into chaos and disturb the prevailing peace in the state as teeming number of our youth are left without means of livelihood,” the statement said.
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It further expressed great concern that Governor Ganduje and members of his cabinet kept mum despite being fully aware of the sufferings faced by the residents of Kano.
“In these three days of tricycle strike, Kano has lost billions of Naira, businesses have suffered and many offices have not been in full operations because of the strike while the state government is reluctant to take any decisive action that could rescue the situation,” the statement added.
