Road Maintenance Fund Administration
3rd Floor
MARITIME HOUSE
Government Wharf
Freetown
PRESS RELEASE
ROAD
MAINTENANCE FUND ADMINISTRATION COMMENCES OPERATIONS ON 1ST DECEMBER 2011
The Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) was established by an Act of Parliament
under the Road Maintenance Fund Administration Act 2010, and signed into law by his Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai
Koroma, on 15th April 2010.
The Board of
Directors has been constituted and approved by parliament in June 2011.
As provided under Part III of The Road Maintenance Fund Administration Act 2010:
“The object for which the Administration is established is the proper,
efficient, economic and sustainable management and administration of the Fund.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), it shall be the function of the Administration to-
(a) manage and administer the Fund;
(b) subject to
this Act, approve the amount of funding to be made available to the Authority from the Fund for the performance of the Authority’s
functions;
(c) effectively monitor the use of monies allocated from the Fund;
(d) approve any application
from any local council or body for funding from the Fund, or any road –related activity;
(e) do all other
things as will contribute to the attainment of the object stated in subsection (1)”
Under section 16 (1) (a –g) of the Road Maintenance Fund
Act 2010:
“There
is hereby established the Road Maintenance Fund into which shall be paid-
(a) road user charges levied on fuel;
(b)
vehicle license fees;
(c) vehicle registration fees;
(d) other license fees
collected under the Road Traffic Act 2007;
(e) any capital gains or profits made from investments;
and
(f) donations or grants made in respect of any road-related project or activity of the Administration;
and
(g) any other road user charges that may be allocated to the fund under any other enactment.”
Our key implementing partners are the Sierra Leone Roads
Authority (SLRA) charged with the responsibility of the maintenance of both Primary and Secondary roads, and the Local Councils
who have the mandate for the maintenance of rural feeder roads as provided under the Local Government Act of 2004.
Other stakeholders that The Fund will interface with include,
the Petroleum Unit, Oil Marketing Companies, The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority, National Revenue Authority
and other line/ service ministries such as:
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security
The Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
The Ministry of Local
Government and Rural Development
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation and
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine
Resources.
The Board and Management of the Road
Maintenance Fund Administration will meet with Local Councils in January 2012, to discuss and agree on the feeder roads maintenance
programme.
The Management of the newly established
Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA) has paid a working visit to the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) at their Kissy
Head office to familiarize itself with the management of SLRA, initiate discussions on forging a good working relationship,
and set the stage for the Boards of the two institutions to meet and continue to engage in productive bilateral deliberations
to enhance sustainable funding and timely maintenance of our national road network
