The Lagos State Government on Monday began an intensive in-house training programme for 309 junior officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority across zones.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Bakare-Oki Olelakan disclosed during the opening ceremony of the programme.
He said the exercise was in line with the on-going strategic re-positioning of LASTMA for professionalism and a more effective service delivery to the general public.
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Bakari-Oki also said the programme is one of the cardinal programmes of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration as captured in the administration’s ‘Themes+’ pillars for development of the State.
Bakare-Oki disclosed further that the re-trainning exercise was primarily meant to create a new image for the Agency that would guarantee a refined and robust Traffic Management System in the state as well as reduce traffic congestions across the state.
He confirmed that the exercise which would run for four days began with the re-training of first batch of 81 Junior Officers (Males & Females) and is expected to end on Thursday, 1st of February, 2024.
He said, “We map out new re-training modules to aid effective execution of duties as well as enlighten our Officers on new innovative ways to optimize their operations to meet up with International standard and best practices in traffic management.”
Earlier in his welcome address, LASTMA Director of Human Capacity, Development and Specialized Training, Akinpelu Ayuba thanked the government for approving the re-training programme for the Agency.
He maintained that the exercise would promote professionalism and quality road management service delivery across the State.
Course contents for the retraining exercise include: Leadership Qualities, Operational Guidelines, Empathy and Emotionally Management, Enforcement without Aggression, Traffic Incidents Management and Safety, Attitudinal Change in Traffic Management, Human Right Law Standards, Civil Service Rules and Regulations, Discipline, Ethics and Standard in Traffic Management, Enhanced Capacity, Service Efficiency and Reliability and Religious Discretion in Traffic Management.
Bakare-Oki reiterated that motoring public particularly motorists with comments, complaints or commendations could reach out to LASTMA via 08100565860, 08129928515, 08129928503 & (08129928597 WhatsApp Only) & Social media handles (Twitter ‘X’ – @followlastma), (Instagram – @ekolastma_), (Facebook – @ekolastma), (YouTube – LastmaTV) and (email – followlawtma@gmail.com).