LASTMA tells youths to caution parents while driving

The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Mr Bolaji Oreagba, has urged youths to be traffic ambassadors on the road by cautioning their parents or guardians.

The LASTMA GM said youths through such activities can be change agents thereby ensuring orderliness and safety always.

Oreagba stated this when pupils and students of Kole-Best International School, Oshodi visited the agency at Oshodi head office on the occasion of their ‘Year 2022 Career Day Celebration’.

A statement by the Director of Public Affairs Department (LASTMA), Mr Adebayo Taofiq, said the students “numbering over 80 (males & females) were educated on various traffic signs which include Prohibitory and Warning signs which must be obeyed by motorists on our roads”

The statement added that the GM, who was represented by, Mr. Subair Bashir, (Assistant Comptroller, Lagos East II) explained that traffic management and control was central to human activities.

According to him, traffic affects all aspects of human endeavours as it determines travel time and arrival.

He emphasized on why students and other pedestrians must not walk on the road while backing traffic flow, crossing in between two big vehicles, crossing at non- Zebra crossing designated areas and crossing on the highways including other road activities students should desist from for safety.

The General Manager confirmed that the Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme (LASTSAP) is a carefully designed and unique traffic education programme by the government for primary and secondary school students aimed at developing a better understanding of road traffic safety and reducing the impact of trauma on our roads.

Earlier, the Head of Administration of the school, Mrs. Lateef Omobola said, “Career Day celebrations is an annual event where students are guided and carefully tutored along with the career they have chosen to become in future.”

She further said inculcating traffic/road signs into students at a tender age would go a long way in reducing all man-made infractions and accidents on roads.