Kayode Opeifa |
For involving in
gross misconduct bothering on corruption, and indiscipline, the Lagos State
Government has sacked 157 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management
Authority (LASTMA).We learnt that the dismissed LASTMA officers were dragged to
the Personnel Management Board, a disciplinary organ of government to prove
their innocence but failed to convince the board hence they were sacked.
The PMB, satisfied
that they were no-longer fit in the service, while the Civil Service Commission
issued sacked letters to the affected officers. It was further gathered that
the sacked officers also had cases of corruption, certificate forgery, bribery
and dereliction of duty leveled against them.
According to a
reliable source, the names of another batch of about 50 LASTMA officers had
just been forwarded to the Personnel Management Board to look into cases of
gross misconduct against them, as more LASTMA officers might be sacked in few
weeks to come.
It will be
recalled that over 250 LASTMA officers were dismissed last year by the
government for gross misconduct, corruption, among others.
As sanitization
exercise continues in LASTMA, the state government had before now said the
authority would not tolerate indolence and indiscipline in any form, warning
that officers whose conduct would tarnish the image of the state would be shown
the way out. The government urged the public to report officers found
misbehaving in the cause of performing their official duties to the government
for appropriate sanction and discipline.
To instill
discipline in the officers, the state government last year embarked on career
evaluation training of LASTMA officers in batches where they were taught to be
professionals and civilised in dealing with the public. They were also made to
undergo community services, but such training had been a ruse for some of them
who were bent on tarnishing the image of the government.
The Commissioner
for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa said government would not condone any form of
indiscipline among LASTMA officers. Opeifa said, “The LASTMA authority is
strict in applying disciplinary measures as nobody that has done wrong will go
unpunished.”
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