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Lagos State Traffic Management Authority is a
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority is a Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
State-owned agency under the Ministry of Transportation
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The agency was established on the 15th of July, 2000 to transform the state transportation system to ensure free flow of traffic
Traffic comprises pedestrians, vehicles, ridden or herded animals, trains, and other conveyances that use public ways (roads) for travel and transportation.
Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic ...
in the state and also reduce road accidents. The current head of the agency is Mr. Bolaji Oreagba who before his appointment was the Director of Operations in LASTMA.
History
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA for short, is a traffic management agency in Lagos State,Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
that was created by the former governor of the State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to help maintain the level of sanity on Lagos major roads.
Mission
To promote a state-wide culture of traffic regulation, control, and management, as well as to ensure smooth traffic flow on Lagos roads.Vision
To reduce deaths and economic losses caused by road traffic accidents and delays on Lagos State's public highways by implementing modern traffic management techniques to bring order and control to the state's road.References
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