Senate passes bill proposing N50,000 fine for hawking, preaching in commercial vehicles

The Senate has approved the Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introducing stiffer penalties for respective traffic-related offences, including a projected N50,000 good for anyone convicted of hawking, trading oregon preaching wrong commercialized vehicles.

The legislation, which has been forwarded for statesmanlike assent, besides recommends a N50,000 fine, six months’ imprisonment, oregon both, for motorists who garbage to cooperate with Federal Road Safety Corps officials during roadside enactment tests carried retired connected tenable suspicion.

Passed by the precocious enclosure connected Thursday, the amendment seeks to fortify roadworthy information enforcement by expanding sanctions for postulation offences and promoting amended compliance with roadworthy regulations crossed the country.

Under the caller provisions, anyone recovered engaging successful hawking, trading oregon preaching wrong a commercialized conveyance would beryllium committing an offence and, if convicted, would look a N50,000 fine.

Lawmakers said the proviso was introduced to discourage distractions successful commercialized vehicles and amended the information of commuters.

The measure besides raises the punishment for driving nether the power of intoxicant oregon intoxicating drugs from N5,000 to N100,000.

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