Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina, has issued an executive
order banning the movement of cattle from the state to other parts of the
country.
The governor issued the executive order on Monday.
Masari also ordered the total closure of the Jibia-Gurbin
Baure road to motorists while the Kankara-Sheme road was closed to commercial
vehicles.
He also banned the sale of petrol in jerricans to motorists
at filling stations.
According to the governor, the measures are to contain the
security challenges bedevilling the state.
The enforcement is to come into effect on August 31.
The governor’s directive reads: “In the exercise of powers
conferred upon me by the Subsection (2) of section 176 of the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended and all other powers enabling me on
that behalf, I, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari CFR, the Governor of Katsina State,
do hereby make the following:
“This Notice may be cited as the Security Challenges
(Containment) Order and shall come into effect on the 31st day of August 2021;
“Immediate total closure of Jibia-Gurbin Baure road to all
motorists until further notice. Travelers plying that road are advised to go through
Funtua;
“Immediate closure of Kankara-Sheme road to all commercial
vehicles, who are advised to go through Funtua. Only private non-commercial
vehicles are to ply the road;
“Lorries /Trucks carrying firewood from the bush are totally
banned;
“Suspension of the sale of all animals at the markets of the
following Local Government Areas: Jibia, Batsari, Safana, Danmusa, Kankara,
Malumfashi, Charanchi, Mai’adua, Kafur, Kafur, Faskari, Sabuwa, Baure, Dutsinma
and Kaita;
“Ban on transportation of cattle trucks from Katsina State
to any State in Nigeria;
“Total ban on carrying three (3) persons on motorcycles and
more than three (3) passengers on a tricycle;
” Total ban on the sale of second-hand motorcycles at
Charanchi market
“Re-enforcement of the ban on the operation of Commercial
tricycles and motorcycles from 10.00 p.m to 6.00 a.m in the State Capital, and
6.00 p.m to 6.00 a.m in the frontline Local Government Areas; Re-enforcement of
the total ban on the sale of petrol in jerricans at filling stations.”
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