The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a Law for the Establishment of the Nasarawa State Infrastructure Maintenance and Haulage Fee and other matters connected thereto.
The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, announced the passage of the bill after the House Leader, Alhaji Tanko Tunga, moved a motion to that effect during the House proceedings in Lafia on Monday.
Abdullahi said the bill was aimed at generating revenue for the state where all heavy duty trucks coming into the state would pay certain amount of fees or tax which government would use for the maintenance of Infrastructure, especially road maintenance.
He said that it would also give room for orderliness and traffic control among heavy duty trucks and other road users as it was the practice in developed nations.
” A bill for the law for the Establishment of Nasarawa State Infrastructure Maintenance and Haulage Fee and other matters connected thereto read third reading and passed into law.
” May I, therefore, direct the clerk to produce a clean copy of the bill for vetting and onward transmission to Gov. Abdullahi Sule for assent, ” he said.
The speaker commended his colleagues for being up and doing in their legislative business and urged them to sustain the support.
” Honourable members, I thank you very sincerely for job well done, let us continue in that spirit, you are justifying the purpose of our being here.
” Fulfilling our promises to the people of the state and working to improve the economic status of the state. Please let us keep doing the good work,” Abdullahi said. ( NAN)
