The Senate on Thursday passed a Bill for an Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Prohibition of Tinted Glass Act 2011.
The Bill aims at checking indiscriminate use of tinted glass vehicles by motorists.
The bill proposes N50, 000 fine or six month imprisonment for anyone driving a tinted glass vehicle without due approval from appropriate authority.
The Senate adopted the report of its Joint Committee on Police Affairs and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the Bill.
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Paulinus Nwagu, said the Bill “seeks essentially to amend the extant law in order to check indiscriminate use of tinted glass vehicles which beat security checks and carry out nefarious activities.”
Nwagu noted that the bill was sponsored following the spate of reactions from Nigerians on the recent announcement by the Nigerian Police of its intention to arrest and prosecute those driving cars with tinted glass.
He said the development became necessary to bring to the fore the fact that the police was not trying to introduce a new law but was merely trying to enforce an already existing regulations 66 (2) of the National Traffic Regulations of 1997 and the Motor Vehicles (Prohibition of Tinted Glass) Act.
Nwagu said, “The bill also seeks to address the persisting injustice meted out to Nigerians through embarrassment and harassment, which constitutes a serious affront to the fundamental rights of Nigerians against discrimination as enshrined under section 42 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”
He noted that presentations by stakeholders during a public hearing in support of the bill, captured the need to address current upsurge in terrorism and other crimes like kidnapping and child trafficking. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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How Much Publicity has the senate or the Agency given to this abi this is just another avenue for the Police to enrich themselves.......i have not seen or heard any Jingles on TV OR RADIO ABOUT THIS....Rubbish Senate.....Na this Kain BILL them sabi pass because some poor men sef dey use tinted glass for their Car....they just want only them to be using it thats all......shebi sometime ago there was BILL to pay GRADUATES without jobs stipends what happened to the BILL? It was dead on arrrival.....REVOLUTION IS LOOMING....Nonsenseeeeeeee
ReplyDeleteSenator Nwagu, I hope you know what you are saying. Please, equip the Police to track down criminals not through the ban on tinted glass
ReplyDeleteI hope the senates knows what they re doing......what happens to vehicles that have permanent factory fitted tint?the best is for them to put a time frame that any vehicle bought or brought into the country after the law is passed shld fall under the category.
ReplyDeleteWith all the power vested on the senate of the federal Republic that can be used to change the life of the citizens of this country, this is what they see fit. I will be embarrassed to actually come out publicly to announce that kind of law. We have students on strike, Public office holders misbehaving, subsidy funds unaccounted for, boko haram on the loose, unemployment, poverty, and constituencies abandoned by senators responsible; yet this is what you choose to tackle "TINTED GLASSES". With all due respect, I expect a Senator of the Federal Republic to know better.
ReplyDeletethis is madness stupid people that will not change anything because you are the criminals
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