Awalu Kasimu rode his motorcycle slowly, along Alasan -Faga road, near Tambuwal town in Sokoto in the burning sun. A huge sack of onions was tied to the back of his motorcycle.
Mr Kasimu, a sexagenarian farmer who lives in the Faga community, was travelling to a nearby market at Alasan to sell his farm produce.
The time was 11: 06 am and he told PREMIUM TIMES he had been wobbling through on the pot-hole ridden road for more than 40 minutes – a trip which, he said, should not be more than 25 minutes if the road was tarred.
“It is not always easy for me…
