The House of Representatives rejected a suggestion by its colleague to reintroduce toll collection on federal roads to enhance road maintenance and construction.
Majority of Members opposed the motion with the claim that it is anti masses and would rather add on the hardship the people are already experiencing.
According to Ayo Omidiran, " I can not stay here and allow my people to be subjected into additional hardship. The economic recession we are in today is directly having a toll on my people", she submitted.
Abdul Sani who also spoke against the motion said roads were not any better even when tollgates existed so what difference will it make now if reintroduced, he questioned.
Speaking further, he said tolls are collected on roads when they are already fixed and not the dilapidated ones we have now.
The mover of the motion, Francis Uduyok said tollgates reintroduction would assist the federal government to realize fund to enable it meet up with maintenance and construction.
He also notes that the fluctuation in oil prices no longer makes the current policy dependable and invariably makes the government unable to catch up with demand of continuous road maintenance.
Kingsley Chinda raised a constitutional point of order requesting the House to stop further debate on the motion hence the law has not been reviewed since it was esponged.
When the question was put whether the motion should be retained or thrown away, the 'nay' obviously had their way.
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