INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

NIGERIA; INVITATION TO TWO DAYS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

ON MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION

FOLLOW UP TO JULY 2010 CONFERENCE

Accident Prevention and Rescue Initiative, a member of international Civil Society Organizations is promoting implementation of global declarations on Road safety in Nigeria and are partnering with the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Transport Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory to invite State Govrnment officials involved in the regulation and implementation of policies on Motor Vehicle Administration (Road Transportation) to the above titled conference.

The first segment (plenary session) of the conference was held on the 1st to 3rd July 2010.

The conference will deliberate on the resolutions adopted by the United Nations global Road Safety and African Regional conference with a view to advocating for its implementation in Nigeria;

DECLARATION OF AFRICAN MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORT AND HEALTH

We the Ministers responsible for Transport and Health, meeting at the

African Road Safety Conference in Accra, Ghana on 8th February 2007 on the importance of road safety;

Reaffirming the declaration by the African Ministers responsible for

Transport and Infrastructure adopted in Addis Ababa, in April 2005, on

the importance of the role of transport in achieving the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs);

Cognizant of the high rate of road accidents and their adverse social and economic impact on the continent;

Recalling UN resolution A/58/289, which endorsed the World Report on

Road Traffic Injury Prevention;

Further Recalling UN resolution A/60/5, which recognizes the need for

continuous awareness-raising and invites the UN Regional Commissions

and the World Health Organization to jointly organize the first United

Nations Global Road Safety Week;

Encouraging the member States to use the WHO/World Bank World

Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention as a framework for road safety

and implement its recommendations to substantially reduce the causes

and risk factors associated with road accidents, namely the non-use of

safety belts and child restraints; driving under the influence of alcohol

and drugs; the non-use of helmets; inappropriate and excessive speed;

the lack of safe infrastructure; the use of mobile phones among others;

Commending the African Union Commission, Economic Commission for Africa, World Health Organization, Regional Economic Communities,

African countries and Sub-Saharan African Transport Policy Programme

for their efforts to strengthen road safety initiatives in Africa;

Recognizing the importance and the role of global partners, including

the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility, UN Road Safety

Collaboration, Department for International Development (DFID),

Government of Netherlands, Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the FIA Foundation, and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), in advancing the global road safety agenda;

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Noting the deteriorating condition of the quality of transport

infrastructure and the need for sustainable management and financing

to support road maintenance;

Welcomes the report of the Commission for Global Road Safety and

endorses its principal recommendations for a $300 million ten year

global road safety action plan, the commitment of 10% of all road sector

projects to road safety initiatives including rating assessment, design and systems management and to hold a global United Nations ministerial meeting on road safety in 2009;

Further Welcomes the commitment made at the Gleneagles summit of

the G8 Group of leading industrialised countries to substantially

increase investment in Africa’s infrastructure and to establish the Africa

Infrastructure Consortium;

Calls upon the G8-Summit, in Heligendamm, Germany, in June 2007,

to: recognize the urgent need to improve road safety in Africa,

particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa; systematically include road safety in

the work of the Africa Infrastructure Consortium; the Sub Saharan Africa

Transport Policy Programme; and in the development assistance

programmes of the G8 nations to ensure that new and improved roads in

Africa do not increase road traffic death and injuries;

Convinced of the need for good transport polices in preventing road

deaths and injuries on the continent; creating socio-economic

opportunities and, hence, contributing significantly to poverty reduction;

Aware of the importance of international treaties and conventions related to road safety of which few African countries are signatories;

Further calls upon African Union Commission to present this

Declaration and attached recommendations from the African Road Safety

Conference, held in Accra, Ghana, from 5-7 February 2007, to the next

meeting of African Ministers responsible for Transport and that of

Ministers of Health for consideration as a basis for the formulation of an

action programme by Member States and regional economic

communities;

Committed to improving transport infrastructure and health services in

Africa so as to prevent road accidents;

HEREBY RESOLVE to undertake the following:

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1. Work together to stop the growing epidemic of deaths and injuries

on our roads.

2. Promote road safety as a health, transportation, law enforcement,

education, and development priority for our nations.

3. Set and achieve measurable national targets for road safety and

traffic-injury prevention in all Member States to contribute to the

achievement of Africa’s overall targets to reduce accidents fatalities

by half by 2015. In this regard, Member States should designate a

lead agency, with legal backing and adequate and sustainable

financial resources, to ensure the achievement of the targets.

4. Take necessary steps to source sustainable funding for development

and management of transport infrastructure and services and work

with multilateral and bilateral donors to develop road safety projects

and programmes to build national road safety management

capacity.

5. Strengthen pre-hospital and emergency services in order to provide

timely and appropriate care to road traffic-injured patients to

minimize their effects and long-term disability.

6. Mainstream road safety into new and existing road infrastructure

development programmes. In this regard, convince governments to

devote a percentage of their investment in infrastructure

development to road safety programmes.

7. Improve the collection, management and use of data on road deaths

and injuries so as to formulate evidence-based policies. In this

regard, efforts would be made to address the non-reporting of

accidents, and to harmonise data that originate from different

sources.

8. Ensure the enactment and enforcement of laws associated with

driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs; inappropriate and

excessive speeding; non-use of helmets; driver licensing; roadworthy

vehicles; and the use of mobile phones.

9. Implement specific education programmes among drivers with

regard to safe driving, particularly with issues associated with

speed. In this regard, promote road safety initiatives at the local,

municipal and national levels, for children and other road users.

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10. Urge African countries to pay special attention to rural transport. In

this regard, ensure that adequate resources are provided for studies

on rural dimensions of road safety and the implementation of their

outcome.

11. Encourage African countries to ratify and adhere to international

treaties and conventions such as the Vienna Conventions on road

traffic and road signs and signals.

Done in Accra on 8 February 2007

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Economic

Commission for Africa

African Road Safety Conference

Accra, Ghana

5-8 February 2007

RECOMMENDATIONS

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The following recommendations were made at the end of the

conference. Member States should:

• Establish lead agency that has proper legal backing, and is

empowered and supported by adequate financial resources to

ensure that it is well equipped and staffed with appropriately

trained personnel

• Improve the collection, management and use of data on road

deaths and injuries so as to formulate evidence-based policies.

In this regard, efforts would be made to address the nonreporting

of accidents, and to harmonise data that originate

from different sources.

• Make the necessary effort to improve road safety management

on the continent. In this regard, good practices example from

within the continent should be recognized, widely disseminated

and emulated.

• Harmonise national actions plans at sub-regional level

(databases, regulations, infrastructure and equipment

standards,

• Encourage African countries to enforce road safety legislation,

particularly those related to speed control, use of helmet, and

enhancing visibility

• Strengthen partnership and collaboration at sub-regional,

regional and global level in advancing the road safety agenda

• Mainstream road safety in national transport policies, with

particular attention to rural transport safety

• Commit to educating the general public on road safety metters

• Set and achieve measurable targets to contribute to achieving

the goal of reducing accident fatalities by half by 2015

THE DELEGATES AT THE CONFERENCE RESOLVED TO:

1. Encourage the implementation of the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention.

2. Reinforce governmental leadership and guidance in road safety, including by the designating or strengthening lead agencies and related coordination mechanisms at national or sub-national level.

3. Set ambitious yet feasible national road traffic casualty reduction targets that are clearly linked to planned investments and policy initiatives and mobilize the necessary resources to enable effective and sustainable implementation to achieve targets.

4. Begin to implement safer and more sustainable transportation, including through land-use planning initiatives and by encouraging alternative forms of transport besides harmonizing of road safety and vehicle safety regulations and good practices through the implementation of relevant United Nations resolutions. Encourage organizations to contribute actively to improving work-related road safety through the use of best practices in fleet management;

• Encourage collaborative action by fostering cooperation between relevant entities of public administrators, organisations of United Nations system, public and private sectors and with civil society;

• Improve national data collection and comparability at the international level and facilitating international cooperation to develop reliable and harmonized data systems.

• Strengthen the provision of prehospital and hospital trauma care and improvement of access to health care so as to ensure timely and effective delivery.

BENEFITS FOR STATES/FCT ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE ABOVE RESOLUTIONS.

By the adaptation and implementation of the above resolutions by State/FCT Governments, the following benefits are ensured;

1. More lives will be saved. (Over 35,000 people are killed annually in Nigeria through Road Traffic Accident)

2. Internally generated revenue will be increased. (The average State in Nigeria loses over N2.5Billion in revenue from road transportation)

3. Transport activities will be sanitized

4. Employment opportunities for the unemployed.

5. Road Transport Management and Administration (MVA) is the residual function of State/FCT governments responsible for the implementation of this declaration and resulotion

STATE/FCT GOVERNMENT INVITED TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE:

1. Hon. Commissioner for Transport/Works

2. Hon. Commissioner for Health

3. Hon. Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General

4. Hon. Commissioner for Finance

5. Permanent Secretary Finance

6. Permanent Secretary, Works/Transport

7. Chairman Board of Internal Revenue

8. Director/Chief Road Traffic Officer

Stakeholders participation is welcome

Attendance is subject to payment of conference fee

DATE 23rd - 24th November 2010

VENUE Yar'Adua Center Abuja Nigeria

TIME 9.00am daily

HOST; FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION

For information on APRI, please visit www.apri.org.ng view blog postings at http://accisafety.kabissa.org

For urgent response and enquiries, please call Major General India Garba (Rtd) on 08054878132, Dr. Jack Pam, DD ops, Directorate of Road Traffic Services, (VIO) Transport Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory 08037005905 or Prince Fidelis Nnadi, Executive Director, Accident Prevention and Rescue Initiative 08037051384

Major General India Garba (Rtd) Prince Fidelis Nnadi

Conference Organizing Chairman Conference Coordinator

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