Senate Moves To Ban Daytime Movement Of Heavy-Duty Trucks
•By Our Reporter
ABUJA – The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, initiated moves to check the movement of articulated lorries, tankers, and trailers during daytime hours nationwide.
This followed the introduction of “A Bill for an Act to amend the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, 2007, to restrict the daytime movement of heavy-duty vehicles and for related matters,” during plenary.
The bill, sponsored by the lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Ned Nwoko, seeks to restrict the operations of heavy-duty vehicles to between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 am except in cases of emergency.
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On the proposed sanctions, the bill stated that “while an individual violator is liable to pay a fine of N500,000, corporate offenders are to pay a fine of N5m if the proposed legislation becomes law. The vehicles used for daytime operations may be seized and impounded for up to 30 days.”
Provisions are made for vehicles transporting essential goods, such as medical supplies, or operating in public interest emergencies.
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