FRSC Bill restates ban on preaching, hawking in commercial vehicles

The Senate has clarified that the ongoing amendment to the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC Act does not present a caller prohibition connected preaching oregon hawking, but lone restates existing provisions relating to commercialized vehicles.

In a connection issued on Monday by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Office of the Leader of the Senate, the enclosure said it had noted nationalist concerns implicit the purported proscription.

According to the statement, Section 10(4) of the FRSC (Establishment) Act, 2007, and Regulation 220 of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012, already marque preaching and hawking successful commercialized vehicles offences.

The Senate explained that the proviso was entrenched arsenic Item 36 successful the Second Schedule to the 2007 Act and has been successful beingness for astir 2 decades.

Under the existent amendment, it said the aforesaid proviso is present listed arsenic Item 49 successful the Second Schedule.

The Senate stressed that the measure does not outlaw thoroughfare preaching, arsenic alleged successful immoderate quarters.

“It is astir the information of commuters and different roadworthy users and is not intended to undermine immoderate spiritual enactment successful the nationalist space,” the connection said.

The enclosure besides clarified that the measure is not an inaugural of the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, noting that it is simply a concurrence measure archetypal amended by the H...