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The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has signed an executive order banning open grazing, open defecation and urination, loitering, and driving against the normal flow of traffic, abandonment or parking of vehicles on traffic lanes or drive-ways, overspeeding and overloading of vehicles, and others offences in the state.
From the commencement of the order, rallies, wakes and other forms of public gatherings beyond the hours of 10:00 PM in the state without first seeking a permit from the Department of Public Order at the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Benue State, have also been banned.“All businesses in the cities, towns and villages in Benue State shall close by midnight and shall not operate beyond the said hours in the night except health workers, security operatives and other essential services.
“All acts carried out or perpetrated in violation of public morality and public decency are hereby prohibited namely; strippers club or naked strip dancing. Any form of prostitution in public places or commercial sex hawking. Hitherto, the order said any person found guilty of any of the offences, would either be punished in line with the provisions of the order, or pay a fine of not less than N20,000.00 and not more than N500,000.00, taking into cognisance the conduct of the offender and the act involved.
The governor has also inaugurated a task force, tribunals, committees and other arbitration panels to enforce the public order. “A body to be known as Public Order Committee is hereby established in every Local Government Area of the State. Part of the functions of the Public Order Committees at the “Local Government levels Shall be to liaise, synergise and collaborate with the Public Order Advisory Committee, the Department of Public Order and other stakeholders in securing, preserving and maintaining Public Order in Benue State.
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