The National Planning Commission and the FRSC, on Friday in Abuja, held a meeting on how to make Nigeria roads part of the 20 safest roads in the world by year 2020.
Shamsuddeen Usman, said this while receiving the FRSC Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka and his management team in his office.
Usman said the activities of the FRSC were in line with the Vision 20:2020, geared toward making Nigeria as one of the 20 top economies by year 2020.
He said the commission had set up monitoring and evaluation committee to ensure that Ministries, Departments and Agencies implemented the vision’s programmes.
He commended the FRSC for embarking on ambulance rescue service and reform of the drivers’ licence, saying that it would go a long way in reducing road accidents.
According to him, the FRSC needs to get organisations, which will sponsor its public enlightenment programmes in the electronic media to properly correct the road users.
He said Chidoka would be invited on Oct. 26, to make a presentation at the National Economic Council meeting with a view to creating synergy between the FRSC and state governments.
Speaking earlier, Chidoka said the FRSC wanted state governments to establish traffic agencies that would complement the efforts of the existing ones in the country.
He said the request was premised on the high cost of maintaining the FRSC, adding that the state governments should fund motor vehicle administration to create employments.
According to him, the commission should provide opportunity for the FRSC to enable it to access more funds to train staff on capacity development.
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