Gyaran chikin birnin kano............

[Dan-Borno]

KANO



MAIDUGURI

and



ABUJA

gaskiyan UN-HABITAT, did you guys notice muhsin's demolished shop?

[gogannaka]

Dama maiduguri tafi Kano bishiyoyi?

[Dan-Borno]

most of these neem trees are either by the sides of the
highway or government establishment like primary school etc.
since the departure of the military government, little is
done in encouraging people to plant a tree and on a daily
basis muna sayen itachen murhu, this should also be a source
of concern.

[gogannaka]

I was travelling to abuja last month and between kaduna and abuja i counted nine trucks loaded with 'itace'/firewood but not already cut)
I felt so sad. I called the attention of my travelling mate who never noticed the trucks to roughly estimate how many trees have been cut down to fill these trucks. You always see these kinds of trucks filled to capacity with fallen trees but you hardly ever hear them being replanted.
It seems that we aren't afraid of the dangres of desert encroachment.

BKGZ bari in sake tabo Kano....pls kayi hakuri.
We were taking a stroll in abuja(4 of us all from Kano) and we were enjoying the fresh (unpolluted by okada smoke) air and all of us were very annoyed that you cannot get such fresh air in Kano.Kai tun farko ma babu inda zaka fita strolling da iyalin ka a kano yanzu.
Nothing serene.
When i went to maiduguri i realised it is not as smoky as Kano,why. They also have a large number of okada riders but they use four stroke motorbikes that do not smoke. Kano kuwa sai jincheng,two stroke that needs their petrol to be mixed with engine oil and as a result emit serious smoke(especially when they are old)
I ask the government to ban the importation and use of 2 stroke engines.

[IBB]

Dama maiduguri tafi Kano bishiyoyi?

Good observation. Zafi ne yasa kaga bishiyoyin da yawa. Suna neman inda zasu sami inuwa. LOL

most of these neem trees are either by the sides of the
highway or government establishment like primary school etc.
since the departure of the military government, little is
done in encouraging people to plant a tree and on a daily
basis muna sayen itachen murhu, this should also be a source
of concern.

Tree could be a good indicator for strategic targets kenan a Borno

[Bashir Ahmad]

A tunani na kano ba iya kyaran titina take bukata kawai ba. Dole idan ana son gani kano gogayya da irin manyan manyan biranan duniya to sai an buda cikin kano kuma ansamu kamar karamar hukumar biyar a wajen kano an gyarasu sun zama birane. Ta haka ne za'a samu raguwar mutane cikin birni kano.

[Muhsin]

Muhsin kafi son a cigaba da zama haka kenan?
Ba ni da plan for dala because i am not a regional planner.
But we cannot conclusively say that nothing can be done.

GGNK, nima fa I feel it whenever I go to States like KT; and when I visited Gombe thorough Bauchi. I noticed the striking differences you are alluding. Amma let me reiterate: tun ran gini tun ran zane. And BKGZ has pointed out something you seem to miss, thats you've to look at these cities historical background. Kano CANNOT be rid of its present congestion. I agree some areas, yah but not everywhere as you are suggesting. That is practically impossible.

[Muhsin]

gaskiyan UN-HABITAT, did you guys notice muhsin's demolished shop?

DB, belittling dina za kayi? Ba zaka tausaya min ba?  :'( :'( :'( I'm now jobless because of Sardauna. . . :( :( :(

Any way, I'll soon organize fund raising for rebuilding the site.  ;D

[bakangizo]

BKGZ bari in sake tabo Kano....pls kayi hakuri.
We were taking a stroll in abuja(4 of us all from Kano) and we were enjoying the fresh (unpolluted by okada smoke) air and all of us were very annoyed that you cannot get such fresh air in Kano.Kai tun farko ma babu inda zaka fita strolling da iyalin ka a kano yanzu.
Nothing serene.
When i went to maiduguri i realised it is not as smoky as Kano,why. They also have a large number of okada riders but they use four stroke motorbikes that do not smoke. Kano kuwa sai jincheng,two stroke that needs their petrol to be mixed with engine oil and as a result emit serious smoke(especially when they are old)
I ask the government to ban the importation and use of 2 stroke engines.

Honestly I still fail to see the relevance of these comparisms with other places. Kowane gari da yadda yake. Kuma yanayin gari yana samo asali ne daga dalilin kafa shi, dadewar shi, da yawan mutanen shi. Even in developed countries, you have cosmopolitan cities and metropolitan cities. It is way off the mark to start to think that because there's "fresh air" in Abuja, so there should be everywhere. You can't start to compare places that have just started developing not more than 10 years back, with Kano that was there for decades. Places like Gombe, Katsina, Dutse are "baby towns" that were just waking up. They were no more than big villages 20 years back. One can conviniently tuck in those towns (yes all of them) inside Kano, and there would still be space for more. They were just springing up, so definetely they would enjoy the touch of current modernity in their build-up.

And I really don't know what you mean by other towns are "livable" but not Kano. I believe "livability" depends on what one is looking for in a place. Kano encompasses everything in those towns you listed. Quite places like Bompai, Nassarawa, Hotoro, Badawa Layout, etc, and of course densely populated areas that need no mentioning ;D  In all the towns you mentioned, Maiduguri is the only place I can live voluntarily. I don't like Abuja one bit (yes, the same Abuja with its beautiful roads,boulevards plus the fresh air too !) And I know a lot people that don't. A lot of us fought tooth and nail not to be transfered there. It is a matter of how one wants to live, and what one wants in a town.

It is not for anything that places like Kano and Lagos are highly populated. Definitely people found them livable!

[IBB]

Thump up BKGZ well said. However I cant imagine why you would prefer to live Maid (may be the Shuwas?). I spent half of my life in Abj it use to  be orderly but now i dont understand how the city lost it

[Dan-Borno]

........I ask the government to ban the importation and use of 2 stroke engines.

Bakangizo, you deliberately refused to allow your eyes to read
positively how gogannaka is very worried and concern about the
state of his beloveth city, kano, a kai admin ko a buhun borkono.
his above quote is very clear and both government and the people
of kano need to act quickly before our women start delivering
babies with defect due to the growing environmental problem he is
highlighting (bottom line of argument).

as to the issue of lively, manta dashi, ai tun da ya zauna a lagos,
lamarin gogannaka sai dai addu'a, kaga mu a nan kano bamu yin
wa joko lol.

[gogannaka]

LOL,
DB,ai BKGZ da Muhsin da IBB duk are trying to defend the current state of Kano because of its historical background etc.
Historical background or whatever does not mean something cannot be done.
Kano ai bata kai Cairo ko Jerusalem ko Madina history ba ko zama cosmopolitan city but su sun gyara garuruwan su.
Na san its difficult to do so but idan ba'a yi ba haka zai yi ta deteriorating.We cannot just say that because of the history of a town ko kuma tun da ba'a gyara ba tun tuni (tun ran gini tun ran zane) nothing can be done now. Does that mean it will forever be like this or worse?
And the fact that almost all cities are like that is not an excuse to see things deteriorating.
If the authorities should see your vehement defense they would be glad.


DB,meye wajoko kuma?

[bakangizo]

DB,ai BKGZ da Muhsin da IBB duk are trying to defend the current state of Kano because of its historical background etc.
Historical background or whatever does not mean something cannot be done.

No one said nothing can be done. Maybe my post wasn't clear to you. But didn't I even mentioned the effort the current govt is making? However, the wholesale changes you want, or you are suggesting, is not realistic.

Kano ai bata kai Cairo ko Jerusalem ko Madina history ba ko zama cosmopolitan city but su sun gyara garuruwan su.

That's the problem. You can't just keep comparing cities. Because City 'A' has done this, City 'B' must also do that. Dan'uwa, the reality of this life isn't as simple as that. And I brought up the issue of history simply to point out why Kano is the way it is and how it came to be like this. Not that it shouldn't be tampered with because of its history. No. Something should be done, yes. In fact something is being done. Whether that is enough,or whether the right thing is being done, is a different matter. But to keep saying why shouldn't Kano have fresh air like Abuja, or 4-stroke engine achabas like Maiduguri, or be like town, A, B or C honestly doesn't sit well with my line of reasoning.

Na san its difficult to do so but idan ba'a yi ba haka zai yi ta deteriorating.We cannot just say that because of the history of a town ko kuma tun da ba'a gyara ba tun tuni (tun ran gini tun ran zane) nothing can be done now. Does that mean it will forever be like this or worse?

See above.

Bakangizo, you deliberately refused to allow your eyes to read
positively how gogannaka is very worried and concern about the
state of his beloveth city, kano,

Not true. I acknowledged the existence of the problems he highlighted. I just don't agree with his summations and some of his suggestions.

as to the issue of lively, manta dashi, ai tun da ya zauna a lagos,
lamarin gogannaka sai dai addu'a, kaga mu a nan kano bamu yin
wa joko lol.

Lol, ai kasan tunda ya fara zagaya su Portharcourt da Legas da abuja, shikenan mu garuruwan mu sun zama kauyuka. Na san ran da ya je London, zai dawo yace mana sai an maida Kano kamar can  ;D

Thump up BKGZ well said. However I cant imagine why you would prefer to live Maid (may be the Shuwas?). I spent half of my life in Abj it use to  be orderly but now i dont understand how the city lost it

Lol, ba don Shuwas bane. Ai da naje Maiduguri ma ban ga shuwan da ake ta kurantawa ba. Ko suna da anguwannin su ne dabam, ban sani ba. I just felt that if I'm to choose among the towns he mentioned, Maid is the one with a better feel of life and commerce. I said "life", not the "livability" irin na goga  ;D

[Muhsin]

Kano to modernise markets

The Kano State Government says it is determined to boost commercial activities by  modernisng existing markets and building new ones.

Governor. Ibrahim Shekarau stated this on Saturday at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fair.

Shekarau, who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakassai, said the market initiative was designed to promote the growth of specialised products in the state.

One of such specialised products, he said, was fish and kola nuts.

The governor said although kola nuts were not grown in the North, they were mostly eaten by Northerners and had the largest market in Kano.

He also said the state was building an ultra modern market at the cost of N18 billion, adding that a fish market was also being constructed at the cost of N1.4 billion.

Yakassai said while its ultra modern market was not yet ready for use, work at the kola nut market was at 60 percent completion level.

He said 15,000 shops at the ultra modern market and 68 ware houses would be ready for occupation during the tenure of the Shekarau administration.

The commissioner said the markets were constructed under a private-public partnership (PPP) initiative.

Shekarau said government was only providing the land and the enabling environment for the markets.

He said the project had duration of five years and was financed by a commercial bank. (NAN)

Daily Trust

[gogannaka]

Thanks for the information Muhsin.
I would have loved to know where the markets are and which commercial bank is sponsoring the projects.

BKGZ,ni ma da na je ban ga shuwa ko daya ba.
I think it is not a fault if i want Kano to be like London. I even want it to be better.

Here is another good development:

http://www.news.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14850:coy-to-build-665-houses-in-kano-suburb&catid=36:property&Itemid=30

A company, SAW & Sons Limited, is constructing a 665-flat estate with school, market, hospital and police outpost in the western bypass of Kano State. Already structures are taking shape as construction work at the project site is in progress.
Speaking to newsmen when Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau visited the project site, the Chairman/CEO of the company, Alhaji Salisu Abba Warure, said the project was aimed at providing houses to people at subsidised rates.

He said although many parts of the project site were covered with gully and ditches, his company ensured that the ground is levelled so that the construction works would begin proper. "When we levelled the surface, we constructed drainages so that there won't be erosion at the site anymore," he said.

Warure noted that the 665 plots were in the first phase of the project, and the second phase of the project may even surpass the current project. "The land we intend to dedicate for the second phase of the project is still ridden with gullies. So we intend to link the two projects since the lands are adjacent to each other," he said.

The chairman of the company said that they would give the houses to the people at affordable rates so that their company would contribute its own quota to the state government's city expansion plan.

He said the company had acquired enough machinery that would work tirelessly toward meeting the deadline.

While thanking the governor for supporting the project, he said the support would contribute immensely to the growth of the company.

Warure therefore revealed that his company had recorded success in project execution across the state, noting that his company does not secure loans from banks or any other financier.