The Kano State Hisbah Board has banned commercial tricycle operators, popularly known as Yanzu Adaidaita Sahu, from wearing three-quarter trousers during the month of Ramadan.
The directive was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Deputy Commander-General of the board, Mujahid Aminuddeen.
Aminuddeen warned that violators of the order would be arrested and prosecuted.
“Based on the directives of our Commander-General, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, the board would conduct a special Ramadan operation.
“The special operation will be carried out throughout the Ramadan period in all places where people engage in immoral acts,” he said.
According to him, the board has also banned tricycle operators from playing music that disturbs passengers and other members of the public within the city.
He added that other prohibited acts include the use of knockouts in any part of the city, indecent dressing that exposes the body, especially by young women, and displaying pornographic posters and stickers on tricycles.
Also banned are the mixing of opposite genders in tricycles and carrying male and female passengers side by side.
Aminuddeen warned that any tricycle operator found violating the order would face the full wrath of the law.
“The board has also concluded arrangements to deploy its operatives to various mosques where Tarawihi and Tahajjud (special night prayers) are being conducted to work with other security agents to enhance security,” he added.
He stressed that the board would not fold its arms and allow what he described as bad behaviour and immoral activities by tricycle riders to continue, particularly during the sacred month of Ramadan.
Kano Times recalls that the board recently launched an exercise tagged “Operation Kau da Badala” (Operation Fight Against Immorality) aimed at sanitising Kano State of immoral activities such as prostitution, drug abuse and other social vices among youths.
Aminuddeen listed some of the alleged offences by commercial tricycle operators to include “immoral haircuts, riding around wearing only shorts, using objectionable posters on their vehicles, mixing unrelated men and women, selling illegal drugs, and conveying women to places where they engage in immoral acts, among others.”
Ramadan is a holy month in Islam devoted to fasting from dawn to dusk, increased prayers, charity and spiritual renewal. It is one of the five pillars of Islam and symbolises obedience, self-discipline and total submission to God.
