The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has revealed that plans are underway to introduce serious punitive measures in the form of death sentence on reckless drivers in the state.
This was revealed on Saturday in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the governor’s Director-General, Media and Public Enlightenment Affairs, Mr. Yusuf Idris Gusau.
Control TV gathered that 15 persons were killed on Wednesday, August 26 along Gusau/Zaria road as a result of reckless driving by a truck drive.
In consolation, Matawalle made a donation of N2 million to the families of one of the victims who was married and N1.5 million to families of those unmarried among them.
“In my magnanimity, I likewise declared that I will put the next of kin of each of the victims on a monthly allowance of N50,000 each.
“Fifteen next of kin will remain on the state’s payroll till the end of his tenure as governor of the state.
“Aside the proposed death sentence for reckless driving, my administration will introduce a speed limit gauge on highways as well as weight measurement on trucks and drug tests on drivers in order to guard against rough and reckless driving which usually ends up in fatalities,” Governor Matawalle said.
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