The Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) has impounded 9,370 autos from January 2024 to June 2024 over alleged site visitors violations.
The overall supervisor of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the determine throughout a gathering with related stakeholders within the State’s transportation sector.
Bakare-Oki additional disclosed that 3,034 personal autos had been impounded, together with 1,849 vehicles, 549 buses, and 636 Sports activities Utility Automobiles (SUVs), amongst others.
Based on the LASTMA boss, 256 casualties had been recorded throughout the identical interval.
He urged the motoring public, particularly motorists, to obey all site visitors guidelines and laws and to respect site visitors managers.
“Within the final six months, it has been a mixture of good, dangerous, and ugly, however we’ve managed to beat many challenges, notably in coaching and retraining our personnel.
“We’ve got efficiently skilled 2,000 of our workers, each internally and externally,” he said.
He revealed that over 900 personnel had been skilled externally in collaboration with the coaching division of the Nigerian Police Pressure, Lagos State Command.
Moreover, greater than 1,200 site visitors officers obtained coaching from three completely different consultants on management abilities, emotional intelligence, buyer care, and incident administration.
“We’re endeavor these initiatives to enhance our service supply to Lagos residents. LASTMA goals to rebuild public confidence, notably in public relations,” he added.
Bakare-Oki introduced that the Authority’s name middle could be launched quickly and could be toll-free, accommodating English, Yoruba, and Pidgin English to facilitate suggestions.
Concerning enforcement, the Common Supervisor highlighted that LASTMA started by clearing the Apapa Port space, conducting a number of operations to take away vans and tankers parked indiscriminately alongside the Apapa route.
“Other than the Apapa hall and Iyana-Ipaja, we additionally cleared areas like Idumota, Apogbon, CMS, and the Lekki-Ajah axis, bettering the extent of orderliness in these areas. We’ve got made vital strides throughout the 5 divisions in Lagos when it comes to enforcement, and this effort is ongoing.
“We’re dedicated to bettering journey time for Lagos residents, particularly throughout peak intervals,” he stated.
Bakare-Oki added that LASTMA was taking all mandatory measures to boost site visitors administration within the state, together with the deployment of over 2,000 site visitors tools.
