Lagos State Government has sacked 174
officers of the State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for their alleged
involvement in corruption, overzealousness and others.
The sack is said to be a move to weed
out bad eggs and reposition the authority for better service delivery and
traffic management.
The affected officers had their
pictures and names published in the in-house journal of the state government,
Alausa Alert, while the public were warned not to do business with the affected
officers as they had been relieved of their posts.
Also two months ago, LASTMA recommended 200 officers for dismissal and their names were forwarded to the Civil Service Commission to determine their fate after the affected officers had faced the Personnel Management Board, PMB, a disciplinary organ of the state government.
In the last one week, 140 LASTMA
officers have received their letters of sack from the Civil Service Commission
after they were found wanting in the prosecution of their jobs.
The state government warned that it
would not tolerate acts of indiscipline from LASTMA officers and would not
hesitate to wield the big stick on those found wanting, just as it had done to
the affected officers.
Head of Service, Adesegun Ogunlewe had said that any LASTMA officer found extorting
money from motorists in the guise of the new road traffic law would be
dismissed outright as prescribed by the law.
General Manager, LASTMA, Babatunde Edu had been canvassing for
improved service delivery by officers of the authority, saying that government
would sack officers found to be corrupt in the discharge of their duties.
Urging the public to always report
cases of corruption, overzealousness, indiscipline among LASTMA officers to the
authority for appropriate disciplinary measures, Edu said once a report about a
LASTMA officer was made to the authority, such officer would be investigated
and if found guilty, the law would take its course.
Chairman, LASTMA, Young Arabamen also said that several
officers of the authority had been dismissed in the past for involvement in
corruption and indiscipline.
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