Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State is very bitter with BUA Group truck driver who killed 15 people in the state recently.

The Governor who revealed this when he led members of his Executive Council and the Management of BUA Group to a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello over the death of 15 persons from the emirate said such drivers will be compelled by law to pay compensation on every life lost.

Governor Matawalle who expressed sadness over the death of fifteen persons who lost their lives as a result of reckless driving by a truck driver who ran into them last Wednesday along Gusau/Zaria road announced a donation of N2 million to families of each of the deceased who had a wife and N1.5 million to families of those unmarried among them.

“In my magnanimity, I likewise declared that I will put the next of kin of each of the victims on a monthly allowance of N50,000 each.”

He stated that the fifteen next of kin will remain on the state’s payroll till the end of his tenure as governor of the state.