Outstanding northern governor points order on arrest of anybody with dreadlocks, causes, different particulars emerge

Minna, Niger state – Governor Umar Bago of Niger state has sparked controversy after ordering the arrest of people sporting dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital.

The directive was given throughout a safety stakeholders’ assembly held on the Authorities Home on Tuesday, April 22.

Governor Bago instructed safety companies to chop off such hairstyles and impose fines on these discovered with them, declaring a clampdown on what he termed “rascality” in Niger state, Punch reported.

Addressing the assembly, which was attended by police personnel, different safety officers and conventional rulers, Governor Bago referred to as on dad and mom to take duty for his or her youngsters and warned that the federal government would not tolerate perceived social misconduct.

As a part of wider safety measures, the governor additionally introduced restrictions on the motion of business bikes and tricycles from 6 pm to 6am.

He said that solely these getting used for medical emergencies can be permitted to function throughout these hours, Vanguard reported.

Governor Bago additional directed conventional and native authorities—together with district, village, and ward heads—to start correct documentation of residents of their areas to assist crime management.

The governor’s sweeping safety measures have generated blended reactions, with human rights observers elevating questions in regards to the legality of focusing on people primarily based on coiffure.

Nonetheless, Bago maintains that the actions are a part of his administration’s dedication to restoring order and guaranteeing public security within the state.

Beforehand, NewsWatch.com.ng reported that Niger state governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, authorised the fee of a wage award of N20,000 for each civil servant within the state.

This adopted the enchantment made by President Bola Tinubu to state governments to implement the fee of the wage award to assist cushion the {economic} challenges confronted by the individuals.

Tinubu had appealed to state governors to start out paying the wage award pending the willpower of the brand new minimal wage to cut back the financial system’s hardship on the individuals.

Proofreading by Kola Muhammed, copy editor at NewsWatch.com.ng.

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