Kano Exco Orders Workers To Stay Off Office, Bans Inflow Of Full Capacity Buses

Kano state Executive Council has directed civil servants to
stay off office for 14 days as from Wednesday, March 25 as part of efforts to
safeguard the lives of the people of the state and prevent the spread of the
deadly Coronavirus to the state.

A statement signed by the commissioner for Information,
Malam Muhammad Garba on the outcome of the special session of the council
meeting held at the Africa House, Government House, however, said that
essential service workers to be identified by the government are exempted from
the stay at home order.

The commissioner explained that the council approved the
measures to ensure prevention and contain the spread of the virus through
contacts at government offices across the state.

Malam Garba said that while the state is yet to record a
single case of the deadly disease, as part of measures to curtail the spread of
the virus, the council has from Wednesday, banned the inflow of large capacity
buses into the state.

He said this was in consideration of the risk involved in
the mode of operations of the buses that involves stuffing of passengers and
the unorderly sitting arrangement in the buses.

The state government, the statement added, is working
tirelessly to ensure the virus do not find its way to the state and if it does,
the government is prepared to control and manage it.

The commissioner urged residents to ensure adherence to
health instructions released by the Federal and the state’s Ministry of Health
on how to prevent the disease as well as ensure personal hygiene.

Other resolutions of the council include the release of N21,
410, 000.00 million and N17, 114, 000.00 million for the conduct of 2020
Interim Joint Matriculation Examination at the College of Education and
Preliminary Studies and Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso College of Arts and Remedial
Studies respectively.

He said the council also approved the sum of N15, 561,
200.00 million and N11, 440, 800.00 for the year 2020 NECO and 2020 NABTED
Examinations in respect of qualified candidates all from College of Science and
Technical Schools Board.

Malam Garba also announced that the council has approved the
release of N10, 189, 897 million for the payment of compensation in respect of
demolished service station at Kano Line Terminus belonging to Messrs Equatorial
Petroleum Coastal and Process Limited affected by the construction of State
Road/Kofar Nassarawa Flyover.