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“No one is above the Law” Sanwoolu orders LASTMA



Oredola Adeola and agency reporters|


Governor Babajide Sanwo -Olu of Lagos State , on Friday, warned officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority( LASTMA) to arrest anyone no matter their status warning that no one is above the law of the land. The Governor made this known at an interactive session with staff of the agency , during his visit to the LASTMA office in Oshodi on Friday.


The governor said he would not condone corruption in the agency. He charged them to be respectful when arresting an offender .

“ Lagosians expect a corrupt -free LASTMA that will not be collecting bribes. Therefore, you should be respectful and courteous even when you are going to arrest an offender.
Lagosians want LASTMA that is decent and neat; we don’ t want laziness and lateness to work. Be my advocates ,” the governor said .

Sanwo- Olu said that the government would provide a conducive working environment for the staff, such as improvement of their allowances , repair of damaged vehicles and motorbikes, provision of raincoats , and other tools .

On operation of commercial motorcycles , tricycles and indiscriminate parking of imported vehicles by the roadside, he said he would have a meeting with security operatives to establish a law enforcement commission that would regulate their movement .

“ There are rules that guide the operation of commercial motorcycles; Lagos law already states that no Okada should operate on some roads, although , we would meet with the security operatives on what we should do .

“ We are not going to condone people obstructing our roads . I ’ m now warning all those parking their vehicles on the road, such as importers of Tokunbo vehicles , to comply by removing them from the road .

“ We will come one day and take all the vehicles off the road ; people should provide space for their businesses, ” he warned.
The governor also warned government officials , their family members and friends against violating traffic rules.

“ I will tell my cabinet members that if you are caught or apprehended violating traffic rules , you will pay ,” he said .
Earlier , some of the staff of LASTMA , while complaining about the challenges facing them, appealed to the governor to provide adequate security for them, now that their working hours had been extended to 11:00 p .m .

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