The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has sacked five officials for corruption while two others were reprimanded by the Personnel Management Board of the Lagos State Civil Service Commission.

This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq on Sunday.

He said, “While Five Lastma Officials indicted for corruption received letters of Termination of appointment’, the remaining two received letters of ‘Reprimand’ for absence from duty posts without leave”.

The disciplinary action that was taken, in line with the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

This is necessary for all of us to promote a Greater Lagos for the benefit of all and the realization of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s objectives in the First Pillar of the THEMES Plus Development Agenda (Traffic Management and Transportation)”.

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“He assured the public that such complaints shall be investigated dispassionately with dispatch.

“While enjoining every motoring public to abide by the Lagos State Transportation Sector Reform Law 2018, Mr Bakare Oki disclosed that cases against the remaining 14 indicted LASTMA officials are undergoing additional administrative review.”