Sanwo-Olu appoints Bakare-Oki Olalekan as acting GM for LASTMA

Bakare-Oki Olalekan has been appointed as the acting general manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.

According to Olawale Musa, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, Bakare-Oki Olalekan was hired to improve performance, reduce incidents of employee misbehaviour, and maintain efficient traffic control on Lagos roads.

The statement partly reads “The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide  Sanwo-Olu, has approved with immediate effect the appointment of Mr. Bakare-Oki Olalekan as the Acting General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.

“A statement by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation Mr. Olawale Musa noted that the appointment of Mr. Bakare-Oki Olalekan is for better performance, eradicating incidences of misdemeanours among staff, and continued efficient/effective traffic management on Lagos roads.

“Bakare-Oki Olalekan joined the Lagos State Public Service on April 25, 2000, and rose through the ranks over the years to the post of Deputy Director, Logistics and Engineering Department of LASTMA, before his new appointment as General Manager.

“He holds a Masters’s Degree in Transportation Planning and Management from the University of Lagos and has attended several capacity-building programmes on inter-modal traffic management systems locally and internationally.”

Musa pushed Olalekan to use his wealth of experience to take the Agency to new heights in order to justify Sanwo-Olu's faith in his choice.

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