2 LASTMA Officers Sacked Over Bribery, 4 Others Demoted

MICHAEL AKINOLA

 The Lagos State Government has sacked two officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) over alleged gross misconduct and  bribery. 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that while two were sacked, four others were also demoted in rank for the same offences.

The six LASTMA officials were found guilty of the allegations leveled against them by Lagosians particularly motorists across the state.The allegations brought against the affected officials included bribery, corruption, and other serious acts that were against the tenets of their activities on Lagos roads.

According to the government, the affected officers were made to face the Personnel Management Board (Disciplinary), which was set up to look into the allegations against them and investigation revealed that the two former officials and four others were culpable of serious misconduct as stated in the public service rule.

The penalties handed down to the officers were confirmed by Assistant Director, Public Affairs LASTMA, Filade Olumide, on Monday, while announcing developments within the traffic management agency.
This may be part of the measures being put in place to transform the agency, which had been accused of being notorious for corruption in the past.