Senate directs works minister to scrap speed bumps
The Senate took this decision following a motion on the urgent need to control the indiscriminate erection of speed bumps on federal highways, sponsored by Senator Barnabas Gemade and Stella Oduah.
Senator Barnabas Gemade who lead the debate on the motion noted that these speed bumps now constitute nuisance as opposed to serving any useful purpose whatsoever.
The lawmaker observed that bumps are indiscriminately erected in several communities, villages, hamlets, petrol filling stations, markets and even individual homes.
However, lawmakers who contribute to the Motion cautioned on the need to put in place adequate speed limit mechanism to avoid unnecessary accidents being caused by over speeding motorists.
Deputy Senate president Ike Ekwerenmadu who also stressed on the need for appropriate measures to check excessive speeding on federal highways before removing speed bumps to avoid wanton waste of lives by overspending motorists, expressed worries on the dangers inherent in removing the speed bumps without recourse to adequate regulation of speed by relevant authorities.
He called on the need to first a balance between the convenience of motorists and the lives of citizens on the highways by entrenching the culture of safe driving in and across the country.
Though, the motion was approved by the Senate, there was a consensus on the need for adequate measure that will check excessive speeding protect lives of citizens on the highways.
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