The Lawmakers also urged the Ministry of Works to construct pedestrian bridges on dangerous spots to avoid vehicles knocking down pedestrians on Federal Highways.
The matter came by way of a motion brought by Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas(APC-Adamawa), which was unanimously adopted by members through a voice vote.
Moving the motion, Namdas expressed concern that a number of communities along highways has taken laws into their hands by constructing the speed breakers to check over speeding and dangerous driving.
Whilst speaking further, he said the communities had often failed to approach the federal ministry of Power, Works and Housing to request for the construction of pedestrians bridges to ease crossing of busy roads.
Namdas, further expressed concern that lot of accidents leading to lost of lives had occurred when vehicles climbed the pumps on high speed as there were often no signs to warn motorists.
He acknowledged the need to stop erection of speed bumps on Federal highways and removal of existing ones which caused motorists to apply emergency breaks resulting to accidents and vehicle break downs.
Namdas stressed the need to encourage communities affected to approach the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) for assistance than resorting to indiscriminate construction of bumps.
The house in a resolution urged the Ministry of Power to construct traffic lights at major junctions in urban and semi-urban areas to assist in the easy flow of traffic.
The house also urged the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to initiate the children traffic education in schools, where their officials visit schools to talk on road safety users.
The house also mandated the Committees on Works and Federal Road Safety Commission to ensure compliance and report back to the house within four weeks for further legislative action.
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