Friday, November 2, 2012

LASTMA to discipline errant officers


Lagos State Traffic Management Authority is set to punish some of its personnel for violating the  ethics of their jobs.
In a statement on Thursday by its spokesperson, Mrs. Bola Ajao, the agency said the punitive measure was in response to complaints from members of the public.
It said, “The development was to stem the tide of misconduct, discipline and make all the staff alive to their official responsibility.”
General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Babatunde Edu, while inaugurating the administrative panel  at Oshodi advised members of the committee to handle all the disciplinary matters professionally.
He said the government would not tolerate any act of indiscipline or misconduct capable of tarnishing its image.
 He said the government had invested much money in the training and welfare of the officials and would not tolerate any member of the organisation engaging in unwholesome acts.
He urged the administrative panel to look into the various cases of indiscipline against 25 members of staff and mete out sanctions.
The 25 officials were being investigated for cases, such as fighting, corrupt practices, illegal duty, dereliction of duty, infringing on the rights of others as well as absence from duty without permission.
Meanwhile, the state government has begun leadership and career evaluation training for all the LASTMA’s and Kick Against Indiscipline officials.
The training is to instill discipline among the members of staff and to improve LASTMA working relationship with members of the public.

The Punch

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