The Kano State government has arrested and fined or incarcerated at least 200 people for violation of safety protocols put in place to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus in the state.
This is coming about a week after the state government inaugurated 2,000 COVID-19 marshals to sensitise and enforce safety protocols in the state.
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The state’s Commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba in a statement on Monday said of the total figure of the violators, 102 were fined N5, 000 each, while 25 others have been remanded in prison by the 21 Mobile Courts set up to deal with non-compliance to safety protocols.
He said the enforcement measure became necessary to preserve public safety and ensure full compliance with the coronavirus prevention protocols, particularly the use of a face mask.
The enforcement, according to him, was being led by the state Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), with the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Security Service, and the COVID-19 marshals working together at strategic locations in the state.
The commissioner, who called for the cooperation of the public, assured that the government would continue to improve enlightenment and persuasion to halt rising cases of death and infections in the state.
Chronicle reports that compliance especially to the use of face masks has improved in the state metropolis in the days after the inauguration of the COVID-19 marshals.
