By Rabiu Musa
HOTPEN – Thousands of students and commuters within Kano Metropolis have become stranded, following the commencement of a strike by commercial tricycle operators today Monday, in the state.
HOTPEN reports that the tricycle operators had begun the strike action to protest the registration fee charged by the Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA).
The agency is charging new registrants, N18,000, while renewal is N8,000, on annual basis.
The riders, who kicked against this, refused to convey residents to their destinations on Monday morning.
HOTPEN observed that the chaotic nature of the tricycles has vanished in the second most populous city in the country as only private cars, motorcycles and trucks were seen plying the roads, just as some other helpless commuters resorted to trekking.