Government urged to check proliferation of motor parks
THE Kano state government has again been called upon to check the proliferation of illegal motor parks in some parts of the state capital so as to protect the security and properties of passengers.
In an interview with AT&T, a patriot in the state, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi Adamu, lamented the high rate at which illegal motor parks are daily springing up in the state capital.
Alhaji Adamu noted that if illegal motor parks are not adequately checked, the activities and operations of approved and recognized motor parks would not only be seriously impaired, but the revenue generation of the various local governments would be seriously affected.
The patriot, who particularly lamented the establishment of a new motor park at Dan Gwauro on Zaria road in Kumbotso local government area, stated that this illegal motor park is uncalled for, recognizing the fact that there is a recognized and viable motor park at Kwana Dawaki, just some few kilometers from Dan Gwauro.
Alhaji Adamu also condemned in strong terms, a situation whereby some individuals or officials of the transport unions in the state, with the support of some dubious local government officials, grant permit to these union officials to operate motor parks without due regards to the laid down rules and procedures.
According to Alhaji Adamu, passengers who board vehicles in these illegal motor parks often fall into the hands of men of the underworld, while their luggages which get lost on transit are never recovered, unlike in approved motor parks where lost and found items are returned to the union offices for identification and collection by their owners.
Alhaji Adamu advised the Kano state government to caution the various local governments on the need to follow the laid down rules and regulations in the establishment of motor parks.
AT&T investigations reveal that within the past one year, over 10 illegal motor parks have sprang up in parts of Kano municipality, the latest being the ones at Kano Guest In, opposite the Fagge Friday mosque, ‘Yan-Kananzir at ‘Yankura roundabout and Dan Gwauro on Zaria road.