HOUSE OF REPS PROPOSE SIX MONTH JAIL FOR ANYONE THAT JUMPS QUEUES

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Those jumping queues in public places to get 6 months jail

Admin l Friday, June 02, 2017

ABUJA, Nigeria – The House of Representative is currently considering a bill that would jail anybody that jumps queues in public places.




According to the bill, introduced by Abubakar Amuda-Kannike (Kwara-APC), defaulters will bag maximum jail term of 6 months. The bill scaled through second reading on Thursday, June 01, 2017.

“The bill underscores the need to re-awaken a derailed national culture by proposing disciplinary measures to guide Nigerians in their daily behaviours. In our society today, out of total disregard for other persons, who strive to do the right thing by conducting themselves orderly in public places, a large number of Nigerians distort queues and go unpunished. The bill if passed shall provide a starting point of value and cultural re-orientation in Nigeria.

“The bill underscores the need to re-awaken the derailed national culture by proposing disciplinary measures to guide Nigerians in their daily behaviors. Any nation that is not organised cannot have rapid growth. We should be seen as organised people from point of entry but we have accepted that anything goes. Every school should have civic education in its curriculum to instil patriotism and orderliness in the country”he said

Another lawmaker, Sam Onuigbo who spoke in favor of the bill, said that it would among other things, ensure orderliness, equity, fairness and justice in the distribution of services in the country.

“It will be nice for us to be seen as orderly people from the point of entry into the country,” Onuigbo said.

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