Traffic Management: Bauchi Gov Assents an Executive Bill


--Described it as tool of sanitizing towns and villages


Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed on Wednesday, before the commencement of the weekly State Executive Council, assented an executive bill for the Regulation, Control and Management of Traffic in the state and other matters connected to thereto 2020.



Signing the bill at the Council Chamber, Government House Bauchi, Governor Bala Mohammed described it as a tool for sanitizing towns and villages of the state.


Governor Bala Mohammed said the sixteen bills so far assented by his administration, which is passed by the State House of Assembly, were done for the interest of the state and the nation in general. 


He said the bill for the Regulation, Control and Management of Traffic in the state will go a long way towards providing employment opportunities to teeming youth as well as deepening responsibility and responsiveness.


"It is indeed a pleasure today to assent to the sixteen bills enacted by the Bauchi State House of Assembly. I don't think there is any assembly that has done this feat, and of course, despite all the differences mentioned by the Honorable Speaker, we are connected by the people of Bauchi state and Nigeria."


"Some of the encroachment that we are seeing, the conflict between the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Lands and Ministry of Local Government, would be put aside because definitely, the issue of development control and other related matters will be remediated by the law and the agency to be established."


The governor assured the Assembly and Nigerians that his administration will establish a robust framework and select people of integrity to man the agency to be responsible for traffic management, with a view to ensure justice and equity.


"The synergy is working, the democracy is working in Bauchi and definitely we are going to suprise everyone by making sure we leave legacies and landmark in terms of doing things for the betterment of our people."


Presenting the bill to the Governor for his assent, the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Honorable Abubakar Y Suleiman, said the bill will provide employment opportunities to teeming youth, control traffic and inculcate discipline on traffic rules by road users and it was expected to significantly improve the state's internally generated revenue. 


The Speaker used the medium to, on behalf of the members of the State House of Assembly, reassure the Governor of their renewed support and mutual cooperation for the development of the state and for the benefit of the citizens.

 

"Your Excellency Sir, we are here today again to present you another bill as passed by the Assembly for your assent. The bill which is provided for the regulation and control and management of traffic in the state is the sixteenth bill since our assumption into office, this bill is important like other bills that you have assented."


"I therefore congratulate His Excellency and the entire people of the state for another milestone."

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