Kano State governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has officially flagged off the Kano City Mass Transit Scheme with the commissioning of 100 buses and 50 taxis.
The ceremony under the pilot Kano bus mass transit project held yesterday was aimed at addressing transportation challenges along Jogana, Yankura to Janguza Corridor.
The 100 buses and 50 cars painted with green and a stripe of white are to commence operation immediately.
Speaking at the occasion, Ganduje, said the construction and extension of many roads, flyovers and underpasses and many other infrastructures are necessary for the commercially viable and industrious city.
“To ensure effective and sustainable benefits of the investment and functional transport, infrastructure needs to be provided for an efficient mass transit system that will fit into the new prolific city like Kano,” he said.
He noted that the absence of efficient mass transit has given rise to the proliferation of tricycles as the main public transport vehicle in metropolitan Kano, adding that the consequences of this is traffic congestion which has reached critical level while security of lives is becoming a great source of concern.