Kano Mass Transit Program Launched by Ganduje With 100 Buses and 50 Cabs

With the commissioning of 100 buses and 50 taxis, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has formally launched the Kano City Mass Transit Scheme.

The Kano bus mass transit project’s pilot ceremony yesterday aims to alleviate the transportation issues along the Jogana, Yankura to Janguza Corridor.

The 50 automobiles and 100 buses, each painted green with a white stripe, are to start running right away.

Speaking at the event, Ganduje stated that many roads, flyovers, underpasses, and other facilities must be built or expanded for the city to be prosperous economically and productively.

“Infrastructure needs to be created for an efficient mass transportation system that will fit into the new prosperous metropolis like Kano,” he said. “This will assure effective and sustainable advantages of the investment and functional transport.”
He pointed out that the lack of effective mass transit has led to a proliferation of tricycles as the primary mode of public transportation in metropolitan Kano, adding that this has resulted in traffic congestion that has reached a critical level and is raising serious concerns about the safety of lives.
Ganduje stated that the 100 high capacity buses purchased for N2.5 billion would launch the Kanawa bus service on a trial basis.

The governor said that the service will be run by a private company to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in a public-private partnership. He also mentioned that 200 more buses would be included in the budget for the next year to cover other corridors.
To carry out this order, we’ve told State Investment and Properties Limited to buy new taxis and deliver them on hire purchase to the tricycle associations’ members who would be evicted from the pilot corridor. This part of the plan will continue to rotate until every corridor is completely serviced, he said.

Earlier, when presenting the buses, the organizing committee’s chairman, Engr. Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, thanked the governor for the admirable initiative and urged all involved parties to advance it to the desired stage. He urged investors to support the project and predicted that the service’s pilot will be implemented in eight local government units of the metropolis.