Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has promised to introduce the death penalty on reckless drivers in the state.
The Governor revealed this when he led members of his Executive Council and the Management of a company to a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau Alhaji Ibrahim Bello over the death of 15 Persons from the Emirate.
Bello Matawalle who expressed sadness over the death of 15 persons who lost their lives as a result of reckless driving by a truck driver who ran into and killed them along Gusau-Tsafe-Funtua-road and introducing Death Penalty will serve as a deterrent to others
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He announced a donation of two million naira to the families of each of the deceased who had a wife and N1.5 million to families of those unmarried among them.
The governor said he will put the next of kins of each of the victims on a monthly allowance of N50,000 each and they would remain on the state’s payroll till the end of his tenure as governor of the state.
According to him, his administration will introduce 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 end up on fatalities.
He described the accident which claimed the 15 lives as monumental and called on the families of the deceased to consider it as an act of Allah, praying that the deceased persons’ souls will be accepted in Jannatul Firdaus.
Earlier, the team leader Engr. Aminu Suleiman said they were in the state to condole with the government, Gusau emirate, people of the state, and the immediate families of those who were killed as a result of an accident involving the company’s driver.
In his response, the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello thanked Governor Matawalle and the company over their concern noting that every life must taste death and that as Muslims, such happenings are usually seen as an act of Allah.
