By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), has promised to support Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on data collection survey on transport and logistics sector in Nigeria.
This was revealed during the visit by delegation from JICA led by Mr. Yamauchi to the Agency’s headquarters, Abuja.
In a statement issued on Thursday by Iyogun Sunday, said the survey project aims to collate information and make recommendations to improve transportation infrastructure, strengthen policies, improve service levels by operators mainly in port, Land and water transport.
According to leader of the delegation, FERMA, being a major stakeholder in the road transport sector is to support the JICA survey with information such as the core issues in the road transport, the road network map and the summary table of the road length, and provide maps showing road conditions and its summary table.
Responding, the acting Managing Director/CEO of FERMA, Engr Usoro, said the Agency appreciates the interest of JICA in the Nigerian space and FERMA was willing to work with the team from data collection to translation of collected data into usable information for decision making in the Country’s road sector.
The statement read: “FERMA appreciates the Agency’s interest in the Nigerian space and FERMA was willing to work with the team from data collection to translation of collected data into usable information for decision making in the Country’s road sector”
