?Kano State Government has cautioned the public against violent protests, saying it is not the best way for the people to express their disagreement over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
Speaking to journalists yesterday in Kano, the deputy governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urged the public to, instead, take a pacifist approach in expressing their disagreement so as to avoid destruction of public property by miscreants.
The deputy governor also said that the sudden removal of the subsidy without adequate publicity and enlightenment during this trying period could only worsen the situation.
Dr Ganduje argued that the Federal Government should have taken some palliative measures to cushion the effect of the removal in such a way that the public might have seen the rationale behind it.
He further cautioned those against the policy to express their displeasure in a way that would not lead to destruction of public property or wastage of innocent lives.
The deputy governor said that people should not cash-in on the situation to make life unbearable for the citizenry but engage in things that would make life better and improve the economy.
Ganduje then explained that the subsidy should not affect air fares and freight costs as the prices of aviation fuel and diesel were not affected by the new price regime and added that “grinding machines used in villages and other means of transportation do not also use petrol.”