Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), at the weekend, gave letters of termination of appointment to five indicted officials and also gave letters of reprimand to two indicted officials of the agency at Oshodi, Lagos.
This comes following the recommendations of the Personnel Management Board by the Lagos State Civil Service Commission.
A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said that every recommendation made by the Board on the seven indicted officials during its meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2023, was ratified by the Commission.
Taofiq said: “While five LASTMA officials indicted for corruption received a letter of termination of appointment, the remaining two received letters of ‘reprimand’ for absence from duty posts without leave.”
The Acting General Manager of LASTMA, Bakara Oki Olalekan, said that the disciplinary action was in line with the extant rules as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
Oki maintained that the agency would only get better if and when members of the public share their experiences, both positive and negative ones, and provide evidence where applicable of perceived misdemeanours.
He, however, implored road users in the state to always obey traffic laws to avoid facing the penalties that are stipulated in the legislation while assuring the public that these complaints would be looked into quickly and impartially.
Meanwhile, 14 others indicted LASTMA officials are undergoing administrative review, Taofiq stated.
He said: “This is necessary for all of us to promote a Greater Lagos for the benefit of all and for the realisation of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s objectives in the First Pillar of the THEMES Plus Development Agenda (Traffic Management and Transportation).”
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“He assured the public that such complaints shall be investigated dispassionately with dispatch.
“While enjoining every motoring public to abide by the Lagos State Transportation Sector Reform Law 2018, Mr Bakare Oki disclosed that cases against the remaining 14 indicted LASTMA officials are undergoing additional administrative review.”
