Umar Faruk, Gusau
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has approved an Executive Order to restrict the movement of motorcycles in all the 14 local government areas from 08:00pm to 06:00am.
Lawal signed the Executive Order on Thursday at the Government House in Gusau, saying the decision was reached during the security council meeting.
“The Security Council decided to restrict motorcycle movement in Zamfara during an emergency meeting to legally enforce the restriction, the state’s Attorney General, Abdul’aziz Sani SAN, presented Executive Order No. 07, 2024 to the governor and subsequently assented”,.
Governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Idris said the Executive Order to restrict and prohibit the movement of motorcycles from 8:00 pm to 6:00 am was done in good faith.
“This is in an effort to protect the lives and property of the people, as well as to curb security challenges and broaden the scope of government measures to strengthen the fight against banditry and other forms of social vices in the state”, he added.
The Security agencies are instructed to arrest violators of the order for prosecution.
