LASTMA Inducts Media Practitioners As “Traffic Mayors” In Advancing Orderly Transportation Ecosystem
In advancing orderly transportation ecosystem, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has inducted media practitioners as “Traffic Mayors”.
A statement issued on Sunday by its Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, said the endeavour was designed to fortify and complement the relentless exertions of LASTMA officers in the formidable yet indispensable enterprise of ensuring traffic order, safety, and mobility across the State.
In his keynote address at the inauguration, LASTMA’s General Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki accentuated the role of the media as both architects of public consciousness and catalysts for societal transformation, affirming that the “Traffic Mayor” initiative constitutes an epoch-making milestone in the State’s quest to entrench a sustainable framework for traffic governance.
“This initiative is a deliberate and far-sighted attempt to broaden the frontiers of stakeholder engagement by embedding media practitioners—individuals whose voices command immense resonance in society—as active participants in the crusade for traffic sanity. Their induction as ‘Traffic Mayors’ augments the moral suasion dimension of our operations and will significantly deepen the culture of voluntary compliance among motorists,” the General Manager declared.
According to the Agency, under this collaborative framework, Traffic Mayors will operate in organic symbiosis with LASTMA officers—sensitising the motoring public, amplifying traffic advisories, countering misinformation, and embodying the ideals of lawful conduct on Lagos roads.
Earlier in his remarks, the Director of Traffic Advocacy and Special Mayor, Mr. Awoyemi Jimmy, lauded the initiative as an administrative innovation of monumental consequence.
He stressed that traffic management in a labyrinthine megacity such as Lagos cannot be sustained through enforcement alone, but must be anchored on enduring partnerships with thought leaders, media vanguards, and civic stakeholders.
Jimmy further affirmed that the Lagos State Government, under the leadership if Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, remains irrevocably committed to deploying multifaceted solutions that guarantee seamless urban mobility, stimulate socio-economic productivity, and safeguard the dignity of every Lagosian navigating the metropolis.
