FG set to unveil National Road Safety Strategy 2019-2023

FG set to unveil National Road Safety Strategy 2019-2023

FG SET TO UNVEIL NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY 2019-2023

 

Boss Mustapha and his boss, Buhari

BlackBox Nigeria reports that, the Federal Government has concluded plans to unveil the National Road Safety Strategy 2019-2023, to reduce the incidence of road crashes, deaths and injuries on Nigerian roads.

 

 

The event was organised by UN Decade of Action on Road Safety and Injury Prevention Nigeria, in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health and other strategic partners on road safety.

 

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Mustapha reiterated the commitment of Nigerian government to the five pillars of UN decade of Action on road safety.

 

Mustapha was represented by Mr David Ganga, Director of Planning Research and Statistics, Office of the SGF.

 

He said government had established the National Advisory Council on Road Safety, chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to achieve the commitment.

 

He added that the council was made up of ministers, state governors and other relevant stakeholders to ensure full implementation and monitoring of key pillars of the action plan.

 

He said technical working group of the council had developed National Road Safety Strategy 2019-2023 which would be inaugurated soon.

 

Mustapha said that reports confirmed that up to five per cent of Nigeria’s National Gross Domestic Products were lost, due to the consequences of road crashes; stressing that the amount represented about nine trillion naira annually.

 

 

He noted that about 90 per cent of the crashes were preventable by appropriate action of the government, its agencies and road users.

 

 

He said the UN General Assembly while considering the consequences of road crashes, passed resolution A/64/2551 declaring a decade of activity on road safety from 2011 to 2020.

 

 

Mustapha noted that the resolution was aimed at reducing road crashes and its consequences by 50 per cent.

 

 

He, therefore, said Nigerian government had ensured the provision of roads with essential infrastructure, and acceded to five UN road signage and that those mandates were already being domesticated in the country.

 

 

 

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