Gambo S. Nababa, Kano
Abdurrahman Muhammad, who retired from driving after working in GANO Motors for 44 years, mentioned the transport firm had been in existence for over 5 a long time. He mentioned the corporate was recognized to make use of previous American Ford autos to convey items from Gano neighborhood to numerous components of the nation, in addition to render different companies.
Gano, a neighborhood in Dawakin Kudu Native Authorities Space of Kano State, is admired in most components of the North, not solely due to its proximity to Kano metropolis or being positioned alongside the favored Kano-Maiduguri expressway, however for being house to a transportation firm that has been constant in utilizing Ford autos manufactured within the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies to render companies. In truth, the city is synonymous to Ford autos.
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Though Gano is an agrarian neighborhood, a lot of its residents additionally interact in buying and selling, which takes them from one native market to a different; therefore the necessity for a robust model of autos for straightforward motion.
Each day Belief Saturday gathered that previously, the autos transported farm produce like onions, tomatoes and pepper to the southern a part of the nation, particularly Lagos and Port Harcourt, however now, they hardly danger going that far as a result of the autos are previous and can’t face up to the trials of an extended journey.
Muhammad mentioned a few of the autos within the firm had been used for greater than 30 years as a result of even when they break down there’s a storage to restore and refurbish them to take care of street worthiness.
Driving GANO motors has been a blessing to Muhammad and plenty of different drivers in the neighborhood. He mentioned that via the transportation firm, he was in a position to construct a home and prepare his kids, and now engages in repairing broken autos. He additionally mentioned he educated two kids in the neighborhood as drivers, including that he served as one of many brokers who bought scraps.
“We discovered the driving profession very promising and fulfilling, that’s the reason we educated our kids to take over from us. We suggested them to be dedicated and trustworthy with a purpose to achieve success,” Muhammad mentioned, reiterating that honesty and dedication are key to a profitable profession within the driving enterprise.
Haladu Ibrahim additionally has a 27-year expertise in driving the GANO previous Ford buses. By the job, he constructed a home, married two wives and has 12 kids.
He mentioned, “I take pleasure in driving the Fords as a result of over time, our folks have learnt easy methods to restore them. Now we have what it takes to make sure the continued existence of the association regionally.
“What makes this native transport system profitable is peaceable coexistence in the neighborhood and cooperation of residents who began the enterprise.”
Ibrahim additional mentioned the Fords weren’t owned by a person as they had been purchased by many individuals in the neighborhood who had been within the enterprise and marked them “GANO.” Subsequently, whereas the association appears like an organization, the autos are managed individually. A few of the autos additionally belong to businesswomen in the neighborhood.
The general public who now restore the autos are former drivers. A few of them acquired mechanical abilities, some are electricians and others promote spare components. There are additionally welders and a painter, and all of them congregate at a short lived storage supplied by the native council on the city’s entrance level alongside the expressway.
Saleh Muhammad, popularly often known as Salele, is among the many former drivers who now restore the Ford’s engines and gearboxes. He mentioned the principle concern within the enterprise was that spare components for the autos had been scarce; therefore the engines and a few spare components are changed with these of Toyota Carina.
Yunusa Ahmad was not a GANO Motors driver however an electrician who was educated within the neighbouring Kaduna State, the place he additionally labored. His expertise in car electrical works lower throughout greater than three a long time.
Ahmad mentioned he joined the GANO Motors storage in 2002, and since then, he had educated many individuals in electrical work within the storage. He referred to as on the youth to attempt to study abilities that will make them helpful in society.
“What is required for the time being is a hands-on-skills coaching. We want youths with experiences in numerous sorts of abilities to contribute their quotas in the direction of the event of our neighborhood,” he mentioned.
Additionally, Shehu Musa, a youthful brother to the village head of Gano and his consultant mentioned there was a cordial relationship between GANO Motors’ drivers and the normal establishment. “They respect us and we stand for them each time the necessity arises,” he mentioned.
There are nonetheless many elderly Ford autos within the GANO Motors fleet, and a few of them are present process totally different sorts of restore. However the drivers appear to have accepted the brand new actuality as they’ve began changing the previous Ford automobiles with new autos like Golf and Sharon, however they’ve maintained the GANO identification.