National Council on Transportation (NCT) on Friday approved 30km/h as the default urban vehicle speed in Nigeria.
NCT, whivh is the highest policy making body on Transportation in the country, disclosed this in a communique issued after its 16th meeting held in Kano on Friday.
The council comprises all the state commissioners of transport, federal and state government transport agencies, NGOs, civil societies and academics, transport companies, stakeholders from related industries and other experts.
The meeting was presided over by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
The approval was reached as resolution 6.44 by the council.
The resolution followed a joint memo presented to the Council by Transportation Growth Initiative and Ochenuel Mobility.
The council sad default urban speed was for all categories of vehicles except vehicles on emergency duties, such as ambulances, fire services, security and traffic forces, patrol vehicles.
It called on all the relevant authorities to work towards achieving this in cities through review of existing policies, manuals, and legislations.
An official of Transportation Growth Initiative Engr. John Emmanuel, said the memo went through the syndicate session, the pre-Council technical plenary and scaled through to the main Council where it received approval.
He said the two agencies also presented two other memos, calling for the development of urban mobility plan by all the 36 states of the Federation and FCT.
Resolutions from the Council are national policy, and all authorities and stakeholders are bound to play roles leading to implementation of the resolution.
