‘Take road safety campaign to everybody’ CCSL women demand
Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) in collaboration with the Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) on Tuesday, October 1 2013, concluded a day seminar held at their conference hall at King Herman Road, Brookfields, Freetown on the theme, “Our collective responsibility on combating road traffic crashes in Sierra Leone.”
The forum saw a large turn out of participants including women, Church administrators, SLRTA and CCSL officials and stakeholders.
In her statement, the Secretary General of CCSL, Mrs. Ebun James Dekan, extended profound appreciation to the participants for attending the meeting.
She disclosed that October 2 this year marked 89 years of the existence of the CCSL since its establishment in 1924 as a Christian umbrella organization.
She reaffirmed that the reason they decided to join the SLRTA to sensitize in Churches in combating road traffic crashes in the country, stressing that they should take positive strides together to prevent the road traffic crashes.
She expressed the willingness to ensure road safety measures are met and promised to take road traffic crashes messages to Churches and homes right around the country.
She urged the SLRTA to enforce traffic laws in order to reduce road accidents. She drew the attention of the SLRTA to involve all sets of people to acquaint them on the importance of observing road traffic signs so that road safety could be properly implemented.
In his comments, the Director of Safety at the SLRTA, Mr. Bouba Amara, said their institution was a government entity in the Transport Ministry charged with the responsibility of administering the roads.
He admonished vehicle drivers and pedestrians to always walk quickly when using the zebra crossings to avoid accidents. He extended his gratefulness to members of the CCSL for making the event possible which he said is a clear demonstration that SLRTA is on a clear track.
Delivering the keynote address, the Deputy Executive Director of SLRTA, Mrs. Alice Pratt, intimated that it is fitting that they involve Church women in the road safety exercise because women are multi-task oriented.
She described road safety as a global concern, and called on everyone to make their own inputs for the promotion of road safety in the country.
She lamented that statistics have proved that road traffic crashes are major causes of deaths in the country, adding that most victims of road crashes are young people below 25 years. She revealed that the SLRTA will launch its Road Safety Policy on November 16 this year, noting that they were determined to introduce the five pillars of the United Nations Decade of Action of Road Safety in Schools.
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