The Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) has partnered with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) to enforce traffic regulations and reduce the rising number of road traffic crashes across the country.
The collaboration marks a significant step toward creating safe highways and ensuring that breakdown vehicles abandoned along major roads, often posing high risk of crashes, are promptly removed.
The partnership was formalised today (3rd December, 2025) by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two institutions in Freetown.
The ceremony was witnessed by Major-General Ngaujah and SLRSA’s Deputy Executive Director Josie Abraham Scott-Manga.
According to the terms of the MOU, the partnership aims to reduce traffic congestion caused by breakdown vehicles, discourage road encroachment by vehicle and garage owners, support road traffic enforcement operations, ensure timely response to public concerns about road obstructions, and minimise the negative impacts of off-street parking activities on nearby properties, among other objectives.
Speaking at the signing ceremony held at Cockerill Barracks on Wilkinson Road in Freetown, SLRSA Executive Director, James Bagie Bio emphasised that the agreement was timely, particularly as the Authority seeks to fulfil its mandate of enhancing road safety nationwide.
Also addressing the gathering, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant- General Amara Idara Bangura, underscored the importance of the partnership.
He noted that since 2002, the RSLAF has been mandated to work with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), as well as other security sectors, to help maintain national order and sanity.
He assured the SLRSA that the military will deploy both equipment and personnel to ensure that streets remain clear and safe.
Following the signing of the MOU, a joint technical committee was formed comprising RSLAF and SLRSA to immediately commence the implementation of the agreement.
