The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has flagged off the Year 2023 Ember Months’ Public Enlightenment and Safety Advocacy Campaign with the newly launched ‘Lastma Female Elite Corp’
Speaking during the flag-off ceremony, the Ag. General Manager of the Agency, Mr. Bakare Oki Olalekan said that the safety of lives and property is paramount to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration, adding that the ember months’ advocacy campaign is an annual event designed to engage the motoring public on the need to be safety-conscious and have respect for other road users.
Admonishing both private and commercial bus drivers to imbibe an attitudinal change while on the roads, Olalekan reiterated that traffic law enforcement officers are friends of the public but the untoward behaviour and attitude of some recalcitrant drivers will not be condoned by officers of the Agency.
The LASTMA boss, therefore, enjoined the motoring public particularly commercial bus drivers not to be reckless on roads and to obey all traffic rules and regulations. “Drivers must take good care of themselves and do away with bad habits like smoking, drunk driving and making phone calls while on the road. They must also learn to respect other road users”, he said.
Also speaking during the ceremony, the Coordinator of ‘Lastma Female Elite Corp’, Mrs. Biola Aina (An Assistant Chief Traffic Superintendent) admonished the commuting public not to allow the increase in commercial activities and high vehicular movement during this festive season to override public safety on the roads.
She emphasised that ignorance of the law is not an excuse and that members of the public should be expecting a new face of Lastma with empathy, civility and humane approach to motorists on the road, stressing that the advocacy programme would cover the entire five divisions of Lagos State.
While expressing that the ‘Lastma Female Elite Corp’ was established to promote the new face of the Agency before the public, she listed various motor parks/markets already visited by the advocacy team, including Obalende, C.M.S, Lekki, Iyana-Oworo and Apongbon.
