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THE Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has inaugurated the committee on the proposed establishment of the National Road Assessment Programme, nRAP, to enhance safer road infrastructures and compliment existing efforts geared towards the reduction of deaths and injuries on Nigerian roads.
In a statement by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, the Corps Marshal noted that the Road Assessment Programme is an international concept and practice that has gained acceptance in regions and countries around the globe.
It targets to enhance existing road safety engineering practice and create safe road infrastructures for all road users.
He explained that the programme is a deliberate effort by concerned authorities to assess road infrastructure with a view to improving the safety of roads. In addition, the main focus of RAP is placed on improvement of roads for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, two and three-wheeler vehicles.
According to him, the nRAP will become an affiliate of the African Regional body and by extension a component of the International Road Assessment Programme, iRAP.
While congratulating them for being part of the committee which evolved from the need to encourage maximum collaboration and coordination of strategic infrastructure investment, Oyeyemi appealed to them to make meaningful contributions that will enrich the process and improve on our road safety.
He noted that as challenging as the problems bedeviling safer road infrastructures are, the task of road safety is still achievable if the requisite research, technology and expertise are adequately harnessed.
“As such, the establishment of nRAP will not only be a step in the right direction towards the realisation of Pillar 2 of the United Nations Decade of Action on road safety 2021-2030, but also lead to the domestication of the iRAP strategies,” he said.
The members expressed satisfaction and pledged commitment to the realisation of the mandate bestowed on them, noting that the nRAP is a veritable programme that will enhance the standards of road infrastructure in Nigeria.
The Stakeholder Committee inaugural meeting had in attendance, the team from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Remix Adewunmi, representing the National Institute of Transport Technology, Garba Aliyu, representing the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Sita Onyelekwe from the Road Sector Development Team of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, and Amos G. C, who represented Nigeria Institute of Highway and Transportation Engineering among others.
– Feb. 10, 2021 @ 10:09 GMT /
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