In a statement from the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, the chamber notes public concerns but explains that Section 10(4) of the FRSC Act, 2007, and Regulation 220 of the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012, already classify preaching and hawking in commercial vehicles as offences.
The same rule, originally listed as Item 36, now appears as Item 49 in the amended schedule.
The Senate stresses that the bill does not outlaw street preaching, insisting it is strictly about commuter safety and not an attempt to undermine religious activities.
It also clarifies that the amendment is not an initiative of Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, but a concurrence bill first amended by the House of Representatives and now requiring Senate approval.
The chamber says the process is still ongoing and urges stakeholders to submit their concerns before the amendment is concluded.
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Some things just don't make sense to me and I don't think everything involves government. If I am a bus driver and I don't want preaching in my bus, as soon as anyone starts preaching in my bus, I will park and order the person to get out of my bus.
ReplyDeleteIf I am the owner of a bus company, that is the instruction I will give all my drivers, if they fail, I will sack them and employ a driver who will comply with my instructions. They will know in every community that you cannot preach in any of my buses.
It is the passengers in the vehicle that will start calling the driver a devil if he takes such step. People will even avoid your bus company because they will say you want to use them for juju and that is reason you don’t prayers in your buses.
DeleteAverage Nigerian has been brainwashed with religion. Religions that people who brought it to us are no longer following steadily. May God help us.