Johannesburg, South Africa (ADV) – Lesotho is currently holding a National Stakeholders Workshop on Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme (TTTFP).
The three-day workshop aimed at fostering progress in the quest for a reliable and resilient regional, and trans-border traffic infrastructure for a more liberalised and harmonised regional road transport market, it on its last day today.
The Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mokherane Tsatsanyane, said the workshop’s main focus was on two key agreements which are Vehicle Load Management Agreement (VLMA) and the Multilateral Cross Border Road Transport Agreement (MCBRTA).
“The workshop comes at a right time when Lesotho has embarked on national reforms aimed to address various challenges in the governance and administration of the country,” he said.
The Deputy Minister added that the implementation of the TTTFP will go a long way to assist Lesotho reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially SDG 9.
He further noted that the TTTFP is intended to highlight the country on the reforms to be ratified by member states of the three blocks of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and East African Community (EAC) in the road transport sub-sector.
Tsatsanyane added that the TTTFP agreements and laws bring much optimism towards realisation of the smooth cross border operation between Lesotho and South Africa.
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