Rivers state government bans barrow-pushers in portharcourt

The Rivers State Government’ has banned barrow-pushers from operating in Port Harcourt, noting that they(barrow-pushers) have become notorious for indiscriminate scavenging and littering of wastes on street corners and the medians of major roads and highways across the state.

Penpushing reports that, Governor  Nyesom Wike gave the order in a state-wide broadcast to mark the New Year,stressing that the barrow-pushers have been involved in stealing of manhole covers and thereby endangering people’s lives on the roads.

“The State Government has placed an immediate ban on the activities of cart-pushers and directed law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute anyone who attempts to violate this ban,” Wike declared.

Penpushing further reports that, Wike  in similar development announced a ban on all nightclub activities  along a major road in Port Harcourt,noting that they are causing noise and traffic nuiscances .

“Apart from the noise and traffic nuisances suffered by innocent residents, no responsible government should continue to tolerate the open display and solicitation of sexual services, drug abuse and public intoxication that takes place along the streets and public areas abutting some of these nightclubs, lounges and bars by the youths, some, as young as under 14 years’.

“Consequently, the State Government has placed an immediate ban on all nightclub activities, including night-time trading and street prostitution along Abacha road and surrounding streets to stop the harmful effect of these depraved activities on the moral development of our children and society at large,” he said.

Penpushing also reports that, the Governor equally directed task force officials to go after those  hawking foreign currencies around Hotel Presidential and other locations in the city, however, as at the time of filing this report it was not clear if the ban covers the entire Rivers or if it is for Port Harcourt, the state capital, only.

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