In addition to the begging ban, Kano officials have made street lighting improvements and outlawed motorcycle taxis, which militants sometime use for drive-by assassinations. Even so, Kano has experienced repeated bomb attacks in the last few months.Something still needs to be done to improve the lives of the young unemployed, said Gov. Kwankwaso."I believe we need a Marshall Plan, to support them, seriously, while the government is dealing with the insurgency itself. "Time is running out," he emphasized, "especially in the northeast."