The government insists awareness campaigns are enough to right the problem.
At two million mopeds or ‘achabas' for five million people, the number per capita in Kano exceeds that of any other Nigerian city, according to Ahmed Ibrahim, head of the Kano office of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC).
However, it is not just the numbers of bikes on the streets that worry residents; it is the levels of pollution they emit.
