Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has promised to reintroduce serious punitive measures of death for reckless drivers within the state following the accident that claimed 16 lives on Wednesday evening.
The accident occurred when a truck lost control and rammed into four vehicles conveying supporters of Matawalle along Gusau/Funtua Road.
Governor Bello Matawalle
The governor made this known when he led his cabinet members and therefore the management of BUA Group to a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, on Saturday.
He announced a donation of N2m to families of every of the deceased, who had a wife and N1.5m to families of these unmarried among them.
The governor further declared that he will put subsequent of kins of every of the victims on a monthly allowance of N50,000 each.
He said his administration will introduce regulation gauge on highways also as weight measurement on trucks and drug tests on drivers so as to protect against rough and reckless driving, which usually led to fatalities.
Matawalle noted that the measures had become necessary in order that drivers and their families will not think they're going to have it easy if they kill anyone, adding that the lives of citizens of the state were more valuable than the other thing.
He urged management of BUA company to call their drivers to order and caution them on acceptable regulation .
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