Like Kaduna and Katsina States, the Niger State Government has issued a set of directives to curb the rising insecurity and banditry bedevilling the State.

Niger State Government has announced the suspension of all weekly cattle markets across the state as part of measures to curtail the rising cases of armed banditry and kidnappings, effective from September 1, 2021.

The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, also said in a statement on Tuesday, that any vehicle carrying cattle into the state must show a Way-bill and evidence of origin where cattle were purchased and their destination.

The State had also banned the sale of petroleum products in Jerry Cans or any other containers at filling stations and operations of trucks carrying firewoods and timbers.

He said movement of motorcycles in Minna and environs are only allowed from 6am to 6pm.

Matane further said all petroleum stations were not allowed to sell the product of more than N10,000 to a vehicle at a time.

He also directed filling stations to be vigilant of vehicles or motorcycles coming for repeat purchases.

It was also gathered that the ban on motorcycles would be extended to areas where banditry and kidnappings have persisted.

These measures came five days after the State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, vowed while receiving the Tegina Islamiyya Children at the Government House in Minna that he would put in place necessary measures to deal with the criminals in the state.

The SSG said: “Government is aware of the inconveniences the measures would cause the people, but the decision was taken in the overall interest of the State.”

Ban on sales of used clothes

Daily Trust, however, gathered that the state government is also planning to ban the sales of fairly used clothes especially the cardigan and distribution of loaves of bread using cartons on motorcycles as part of measures, as some were alleged to serve as informants and suppliers of guns to the bandits and other criminals.

“Government is still contemplating on the ban on hawking and supply of loaves of bread with cartons on motorcycles and the sales of cardigans, popularly known as Sweater.

“It is believed that those guys conceal guns in the bread while they are suppliers of sweaters to bandits,” the source said.

Measures too stringent

But a Minna-based Civil Society Organisation, the Blue Resolution Initiative, said the measures were too stringent unless the government was ready to provide alternatives to cushion the hardship the masses might face.

The President of the initiative, Mohammed Danjuma Abubakar, said; “even small scale businesses that are trying to thrive will die because the owners close around 10pm.

“The ban on movement of motorcycles in Minna is not ideal. And for markets, no attack has taken place in any markets. So the livelihood of many rural people is also at a stake.”

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Wahala

Good anything to deal with those bastards

Everybody is gradually waking up having realised that the miniature caricature dangling in Aso Villa has nobody's interest at heart except his kind and save his own skin. By the time their eyes clear every other tribe in this country will go against these marauders. I'm very sure a day is coming that federal law makers will propose a law to ban all politicians from a certain tribe from ever contesting to top political post in the land.
They are animals in human skin.

Problem.... southern and Western states still dae zuzu....

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Back then I like going to this cattle markets , Kara.

The Suya was super fresh. The Fulani chicks are beautiful and there is aboki with hanging bags selling all that you want to use and please yourself till you start seeing double.

But now I dont even know if you go if you will come back alive , everything just turned upside down.

Usman will just cut much suya for 500 for me, with fresh cabbage , fresh pepper and fresh tomatoes. The indomie I hope on market days. The sugarcanes was as mighty as my hands. There was a little legend that the sugarcane sweet sotay aboki dey chop enter express Okada go just brush am.

Let me stop reminiscing now, that day will come that we Nigerians will travel without fear of disappearing like dust in the wind.

If it is going to yield positive result then it a welcome development.

That kwatta cow market for suleja na one place wey I no go fit forget in a hurry

Chaiiii,see as fulani people don use their barrier take come scatter other people business now

Anything to chase those Fulani marauders away from Nigeria is welcomed.....

Naija my kwantiri

E bi things

This clueless governor

Commendable coming from a Northern state self

Economic sabotage, those who escape death from bandits should die by hunger.

Why can’t the governors get licensed guns for local vigilante and village heads, let the people protect themselves against Fulani bandits.

this is serious oo

God punish all southern leaders except aketi. anybody killed in southern Nigeria the blood is on all these useless Timid Governors, propose law, implement it and enforce it before these Fulani will conquer us as they did for Coward Hausa



this is not time for politicking, jihad knows no one

very good.Those MohamMADu miyetti Allah terrorists breeders should go back to their Afganistan

triple996:
Good anything to deal with those bastards

how do all these measures stop banditry?

South east governors have you seen this .... Somewhere in the north and you guys are here fooling yourselves....

Tufiakwa...

Finally the chicken has come home to roost