Council advocates adequate budgetary provisions for signage infrastructure
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The National Council on Works on Friday called for adequate budgetary provisions by the government at all levels for the provision of road signage infrastructure across the country.
The National Council on Works on Friday called for adequate budgetary provisions by the government at all levels for the provision of road signage infrastructure across the country.
They made the call in a communiqué read by Alhaji Mohammed Bukar, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, which was issued at the end of its 23rd annual meeting in Abuja.
It urged governments at all levels to ensure standardisation and provide support for more research in the production of road signage in the country.
The communiqué called on the Federal and States Governments to direct their relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to provide geospatial data for positioning and location of road signage.
It urged stakeholders to conduct sensitisation programme to enlighten the public on the use of road signage.
The communiqué called on states yet to establish Asset Management Units to build a database of road furniture and approve the use of reflecting meter as a quality monitoring device on highways.
The council said that the geospatial data for the positioning and location of road signage furniture be provided by using modern survey techniques by federal and states Surveyor-Generals.
It also urged the Federal and State Governments to install ICT cameras and Traffic Aids Posts for recording traffic violations to ensure compliance by road users.
The communiqué called on stakeholders to adopt the use of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and other modern devices in the maintenance and sustenance of street lights along Nigerian roads.
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It urged government at all levels to adopt the use of modern and standard traffic calming techniques to prevent rampant use of unstandardized road bumps on Nigerian roads.
The council called on stakeholders to enlighten members of the public on the need to adhere to traffic calming measures to ensure safety on highways.
The communiqué urged relevant government agencies to ensure regular review of Road Signs System to ensure it conforms with the 1968 UN Convention.
According to the communiqué, stakeholders involved in the review should be expanded to include the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, State Ministries of Works and Transport and others.
The council urged all stakeholders to sensitise the public on the negative consequences of defacement, damage and removal of traffic signs on Nigerian roads.
It advocated that Monitoring and Enforcement Units be established at federal and state levels to ensure adherence to the use of road signs.
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