The Senate on Thursday passed the Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing a N50,000 fine for anyone convicted of hawking, trading or preaching inside commercial vehicles.\n<\/p>\n
The bill, which seeks to strengthen road safety enforcement and curb practices considered capable of distracting drivers, now awaits presidential assent.\n<\/p>\n
If signed into law, the legislation will also impose a N50,000 fine, six months\u2019 imprisonment, or both, on motorists who refuse to cooperate with officials of the FRSC during roadside breath tests conducted on reasonable suspicion.\n<\/p>\n
The amendment forms part of a broader review of the FRSC Act aimed at increasing compliance with traffic regulations, reducing road crashes and enhancing safety on Nigerian roads through stiffer penalties for traffic offences.<\/p>\n
Under the proposed law, anyone found hawking, trading or preaching inside a commercial vehicle commits an offence and, upon conviction, will be liable to a N50,000 fine.\n<\/p>\n
Lawmakers said the provision was introduced to discourage distractions in commercial vehicles and improve the safety of commuters.\n<\/p>\n
The bill also raises the penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating drugs from N5,000 to N100,000.<\/p>\n
Convicted offenders also risk up to two years\u2019 imprisonment or both.\n<\/p>\n
Motorists who refuse to cooperate with FRSC personnel conducting preliminary roadside breath tests based on reasonable suspicion will equally face a N50,000 fine, six months\u2019 imprisonment, or both.\n<\/p>\n
The proposed amendment further increases the penalty for disobeying traffic lights, road signs, pavement markings and other traffic control devices to N100,000.\n<\/p>\n
Similarly, speed limit violations, previously punishable with a N5,000 fine, will now attract a N100,000 penalty, while reckless driving will also be punishable with a N100,000 fine, up to two years\u2019 imprisonment, or both.\n<\/p>\n
The revised schedule of offences contained in the amendment lists 52 traffic violations and their corresponding penalties.\n<\/p>\n
According to the Senate, the review is aimed at strengthening the FRSC\u2019s enforcement powers, improving compliance with traffic regulations and enhancing safety on Nigerian roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senate on Thursday passed the Federal Road Safety Corps (Amendment) Bill, 2026, proposing a N50,000 fine for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[162520,19046,162521,122,162522,162523,43083,3352,162524,7156,55879,101977],"class_list":["post-335349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria","tag-commercial-buses","tag-frsc","tag-hawking-ban","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-law","tag-preaching-ban","tag-road-crashes","tag-road-safety","tag-road-safety-bill","tag-senate","tag-traffic-fines","tag-traffic-law"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116934861697625374","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}