The Kano State Government has described as fallacious, a trending story on social media platforms, on a purported plan to officially disallow women regardless of any faith from getting behind the wheels.
The state’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made the clarification in a statement issued, on Thursday, said the state government had, at no time, contemplate the matter.
He said the story, which could not be traced to any credible source, was nothing but the imaginary thinking of the authors.
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“The trending story lacks any credibility and that is why it is wholly attributed to a source that cannot be substantiated,’’ he said.
Malam Garba pointed out that if at all there was such plan, the state government did not have to be involved in any secretive meeting to decide on a critical issue that has to do its teeming populace.
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The commissioner stated further that even Saudi Arabia which for decades had laws that sanctioned women from driving has, after all, lifted the ban in 2018.
Malam Garba also said it was interesting that some of the scholars quoted to have supported the alleged ban had already dissociated themselves from the rumour.