Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, (SAN) has charged officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), to focus on their primary responsibility of ensuring free flow of traffic across the metropolis rather than apprehending erring motorists.


Fashola gave the charged on Tuesday at the induction of the new Special Traffic Mayor and meeting with LASTMA Personnel held at the LTV 8 Blue Roof, Agidingbi, Ikeja.

The governor said rather than allowing the enforcement of the law to generate traffic gridlock on the highways, they should instead allow the traffic offenders to go so as not to defeat the purpose for which the agency was established.

“The primary responsibility of LASTMA is to keep the state traffic moving. And this is the reason why the agency exists. Arresting traffic offenders is secondary. If making an arrest will increase the traffic, let the offenders go. I say this not because I don’t want law breakers to be apprehended and brought to justice, but law breakers cannot undermine our main objective.

“The longer people stay more in traffic, the more money is wasted and fuel is burnt and when people stay more in traffic, this leads to increase in the price of goods in the state. But with a moving traffic, price of goods will be stable,” he stated.

Fashola urged the traffic management personnel to always draw government’s attention to bad portions of the roads in their areas of operations.

“Part of the LASMA duties is to report to us regularly about the area they are posted that have bad roads. This government has moved away from only constructing roads to also do maintenance through the Public Works Corporation. You are our primary source of data and we have spent a lot of time and resources training you,” the governor added.

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Good one from BRF, but, WILL THEY HEAR?

Y is fashola just saying this now.Is it now he has come to realise d folly of many of his policies.LASTMA,KAI have been just 2 of many of d agencies under him whc av proved time and again dat agberos and semi agberos av no place in any city dat wants to b taken serious as a mega city.Wen u employ agberos & giv dem govt uniforms to wear,dey wud only do things d only way dey are used to:barbaric,using any crude tool of intimidation available,in d process endangering lives,properties,livelihood and deep seated animosity.
Fash,its too late in d day 4 ur sermon,d solution is for all of dem to b dismissed,new applications called for frm old and new and those wt any phantom of 'agberoness' weeded out,evnthough it wud b a tall order in lagos of today

doctokwus: Y is fashola just saying this now.Is it now he has come to realise d folly of many of his policies.LASTMA,KAI have been just 2 of many of d agencies under him whc av proved time and again dat agberos and semi agberos av no place in any city dat wants to b taken serious as a mega city.Wen u employ agberos & giv dem govt uniforms to wear,dey wud only do things d only way dey are used to:barbaric,using any crude tool of intimidation available,in d process endangering lives,properties,livelihood and deep seated animosity.
Fash,its too late in d day 4 ur sermon,d solution is for all of dem to b dismissed,new applications called for frm old and new and those wt any phantom of 'agberoness' weeded out,evnthough it wud b a tall order in lagos of today

got the point behind all ur ranting wen u suggest he dismiss them all and let people collect new forms!
U are jobless, hopeless bitter crow looking for job, abi?

Pele, ur state no get one for low-intellectual individuals like u?

SLIDE waxie: got the point behind all ur ranting wen u suggest he dismiss them all and let people collect new forms!
U are jobless, hopeless bitter crow looking for job, abi?

Pele, ur state no get one for low-intellectual individuals like u?

I accept am jobless.Infact av been jobless from anytime u say so.
Enjoy ur lastma d way dey are,am sorry 4 expressin my mind,u obviously are a beneficiary of d system
Tanx again for ur compliments