The Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has said that Nigeria will collaborate with the Sierra Leonean Government in its drive to ensure safety on the country’s roads.
Receiving members of the Sierra Leone’s Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), who called on him on Friday in Abuja, Mustapha commended the team for understudying Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to sustain standard road traffic administration in Sierra Leone.
He said that safety of lives and property was a collective effort and assured that the Nigerian Government would look into training the officers and men of SLRSA in managing road traffic in their country.
Mustapha assured his guests that Nigeria is willing to assist and support Sierra Leone in improving road safety.
“A lot has been put into Nigeria road safety and management. Road carnage is a major cause of death. We will be happy to receive Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority for training.
“We appreciate your coming to Nigeria and hope after now, you take all that will be gotten back to Sierra Leone, do make best use of them,” local media reports quoted Mustapha as saying.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the SLRSA, Mr. Ibrahim Sannoh, said the aim of the visit was to strengthen bilateral relations with the FRSC.
Sannoh commended Nigeria’s support for Sierra Leone so far, saying that SLRSA wanted to also benefit from capacity building like infrastructure, driver’s license among others.
“We study the FRSC’s website and we will continue to study it. We are here to understudy the strides made so far, especially in the drivers license sector.
“We plead for logistics support, especially on the post crash mechanisms. Accident ratio increases yearly in Sierra Leone. We want FRSC to be sole supplier of signage for Sierra Leone,” he said.
The team, which is on a week-long working visit, is expected to embark on a tour of some of the FRSC facilities, including the FRSC Academy in Udi in Enugu State and the License and Road Signage workshop.
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