KDSG And The Ban On The Use Of Motorcycles In The State. By Ishaq Alhassan Qauran Mata JNR

Nasir el-Rufai

"Junior workers who are so poor and cannot afford to pay transport to and from their places of work, collected motorcycle loans". 

In Kaduna State, schools were shutdown for months and when the schools were finally opened, the state "Dashed" the hopes and aspirations of students and pupils' "Third Term" and automatically promoted all of them to the next class.

Today, the state government has banned the use of motorcycles by public and private owner/users.

Junior workers who are so poor and cannot afford to pay transport to and from their places of work, collected motorcycle loans and with the sum of ₦500 fuel, they can take their children to school for 1 week and go to their work places and also run some errands.

But today, even with ₦1,000, such workers cannot take 3 kids to school and themselves to work.

Few days ago, I saw enforcement teams seize motorcycles used by "Small Delivery" Companies in Kaduna.

Teachers who live outside rural areas but teach in rural areas, couldn't go to school not because they cannot even afford transport fare but because, public transportation is scarce today.

Children trekked to school and, even around 10am, you will still spot some children walking to school.

This will go on for 3 months they say.

Illiteracy is one of the major drivers of insecurity; the same insecurity government is taking these majors to tackle.

Poverty is another major drive for crimes.

Now, if teachers are finding it hard to go to schools, parents are finding it hard to take their children to school and the pupils are finding it hard to also go to school, are we not creating another huge problem?

Now, if people in the logistics business (business owners, the people supplying goods and services) are not in business, is this not another major problem?

Yes, we all have to pay a price, for us to be secured, but at what price? And to what extent?

The price we should collectively pay, shouldn't be pushing more children out of school or giving desperate people another reason to embrace crime.

We know, the government of Kaduna state is not enforcing these laws because they want to, but because they believe it is the best and the only way out. But if a review can be made, I believe it is going to make more sense. And, with all of this, where is the governments' suggestions and recommendations which it claimed that it could help in solving hardship and security situations in the state?

May The Lord Help Nigerians And Make Nigeria To Be Successful, Ameeen!!