SLRSA and RSLAF Forge Strategic Partnership for Road Safety Enforcement

SLRSA and RSLAF Forge Strategic Partnership for Road Safety Enforcement

The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has initiated a strategic partnership with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) to significantly enhance road safety compliance and mitigate the rising incidence of traffic crashes nationwide. This collaboration represents a crucial step towards securing safe highways and ensuring the timely removal of abandoned breakdown vehicles, which pose a considerable risk to motorists.

The alliance was formalized in Freetown today, 3rd December 2025, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement, witnessed by Major-General Ngaujah and SLRSA’s Deputy Executive Director Josie Abraham Scott-Manga, outlines shared objectives: reducing traffic congestion from breakdown vehicles, curbing road encroachment, bolstering traffic enforcement, and ensuring prompt resolution of public concerns regarding road obstructions.

SLRSA Executive Director, James Bagie Bio, hailed the agreement as timely for advancing the Authority’s road safety mandate. Supporting this, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant-General Amara Idara Bangura, affirmed the RSLAF’s commitment to deploying personnel and equipment to maintain clear and safe public roadways, in line with its national order and sanity mandate established in 2002.

A joint technical committee has been established to immediately commence the MOU’s implementation.