Gridlock: We’ll Soon Recruit Young Graduates Into LASTMA — Ambode

Selfless young graduates are to be recruited into Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) soon, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said.
The new recruits are to boost the current 2,100 persons-strong personnel of the traffic managers, a number described by the governor as inadequate.
He also said that his administration had concluded plans to procure three helicopters next month to enable security agencies tackle criminal activities from the air as well assist in monitoring traffic gridlock to ease movement across Lagos metropolis.

Ambode spoke as guest on a radio programme – Soni Irabor Live (SIL), saying he was deeply concerned about pockets of robberies in some areas of the state in recent times.
The governor expressed optimism that the helicopters would go a long way in aiding security and traffic surveillance in the state, even as he also said that his government would also boost the operation of Marine Police and the Nigerian Navy on the waterways in the state as various equipments and platforms would soon be presented to them.
Speaking further, Governor Ambode said at least 220 roads across the state had been rehabilitated in the last four months, pointing out that he had mandated and empowered all the 20 Local Government (LGs) and the Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to construct a total of 114 roads.

He gave an assurance that his administration was working hard to build a safer, cleaner and more prosperous state for all irrespective of creed or colour, pleading with Lagosians to work with his government and support him to take Lagos to the next level where there would be prosperity for all.
“We are in this together, all Lagosians. It is your government; you put me there; I’m your servant and I’m ready for criticism. I’m listening and I believe strongly that you have a say in this government because it is an inclusive government. No matter where you come from, no matter your creed or colour, this is your government.

“I appeal that Lagosians should join hands with me; tolerate whatever it is that you are seeing and make sure that you also carry out your own civic obligations. Pay your taxes because it is the only way that Lagos can grow and you know, the bottom line is this, we all need to work together to achieve a safer Lagos; a cleaner Lagos; and a more prosperous Lagos and that is what all of us are going to do,” he said.

Ambode also assured that a flyover bridge would soon be constructed at the Ajah Roundabout, saying that the Lagos State Public Works Corporation had equally been mandated to fix all potholes in the state, including Federal, state and local government roads to ease vehicular movement.
While lamenting the situation whereby over 3, 000 tankers visited Lagos on a daily basis to lift fuel, Governor Ambode said that the population of Lagos kept increasing, saying that was due to the fact that the state was working.
Tribune.