Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has dismissed two of its officers for gross misconduct while performing their official duties.
 
The agency also announced a reduction in the rank of four of its officials found guilty of wrongdoing.
 
In a statement by Assistant Director, Public Affairs, LASTMA, Filade Olumide, the agency said the disciplinary action was in line with the extant rules as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
 
LASTMA Management added that the Personnel Management Board (Disciplinary), which looked into all the reported misconduct of the officers, considered the allegation of bribery, corruption and acts unbecoming of public officers and found the officers culpable of serious misconduct as stated in the public service rule.
 
The agency stressed that LASTMA can only get better, if and when members of the public share their experiences which also include positive ones and provide evidence where applicable of perceived misdemeanours.
   
In the same vein, the agency’s management implored road users in Lagos to always comply with the State’s Traffic Law and not to run afoul of the law, which will attract penalties as stated. 
 
According to the agency, this is necessary for all to promote a greater Lagos for the benefit of all and for the realisation of government’s objectives in the first letter of the ‘THEMES’ agenda (Traffic Management and Transportation).
 
It was disclosed that six officers have faced disciplinary action from September to December 2021, two of the officers had their appointment terminated, while four suffered reduction in rank along with reprimand for their various misdemeanours.         
 
“We wish to add by informing well-meaning and concerned Lagosians and the motoring public that we have various windows through which complaints can be channeled for prompt action. Such complaints shall be investigated dispassionately with dispatch; 08129928490, 08129928515, Comptrollers;  08129928448, 08129928749, 08129928512, 08129928542, 08023270248.                          
 
The management further enjoined road users to abide by the State Transportation Sector Reform Law 2018 as amended by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

“Anyone caught on the wrong side of the law will be made to face the full wrath of the law”, members of the public are also advised to desist from attacking officers of the agency because of their grievances,” the statement added.