The Kano State Government KNSG has announced plans to invite the management of tricycle operators in the state for a discussion on their members’ consistent defaulting of monthly environmental sanitation laws.
State Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Alhaji Nasiru Sule Garo, made this known during a press briefing after the Saturday environmental sanitation exercise in Kano.
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Garo expressed dissatisfaction with the tricycle riders’ disregard for the Monthly Environmental Sanitation Act of 2022, stressing the need for compliance.
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He commended Kano residents for adhering to the stay-at-home order during the exercise and encouraged the public to utilize the period for clearing their homes and drainages.
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In a related development, a mobile court attached to the Central Sanitation Committee arrested 62 defaulters and fined them a total of N171,800.
The meeting with tricycle operators is expected to address the recurring issue of non-compliance with sanitation laws in the state