The Lagos State Government has given N2.5 million as benefits to 23 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, who sustained injuries in the course of performing their official duties.
Some of the LASTMA officers were either injured by street urchins or ran down by hit-and-run vehicles.
Chairman, LASTMA, Mr Young Arabamen, presented cash to the LASTMA officers at the agency’s headquarters, Oshodi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, at the weekend.
“LASTMA officers are working under difficult situations. We should thank God that you are alive despite the hazardous nature of your job. Some people did not survive it, but the job must be done.
“You are rendering essential services to the public and you are entitled to free medical treatment; if you have spent some money in the hospital, it will be refunded to you. There is insurance package for you, for those injured,” he said.
Arabamen urged LASTMA officers to realise that they were rendering services to God and that they would surely be rewarded for such services, adding that “you should have an unlimited elasticity to bear the havoc associated with your job.”
He appealed to the officers to be patient with the public as the job at hand was so enormous that it could not be done by LASTMA officers alone.
“No human being can reward you for the service you are rendering. You have a divine job and your reward is in heaven but we will also reward you. The token given to you is a welfare package.
General Manager, LASTMA, Engr. Babatunde Edu said the package was just a token as insurance for injured LASTMA officers in the course of their duties, saying that the officers were more than ever ready to enforce the law.
The beneficiaries received cash gifts depending on the degree of injury.
One of the victims, Bolanle Taiwo said he was knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle last year while on duty and that he was hospitalised, adding that “the mark is still in my body. When the incident happened, I went for an x-ray.”
Another beneficiary, Omotayo Olojede, 44, said he was also run down by a hit-and-run vehicle at Mile 12 area last year.
“I spent one month in the hospital as my leg was operated upon. In fact, they put bolts on the lower part of my leg. The bolts are still there. This is to straighten the leg,” he stated.
Culled:Pm News
Some of the LASTMA officers were either injured by street urchins or ran down by hit-and-run vehicles.
Chairman, LASTMA, Mr Young Arabamen, presented cash to the LASTMA officers at the agency’s headquarters, Oshodi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, at the weekend.
“LASTMA officers are working under difficult situations. We should thank God that you are alive despite the hazardous nature of your job. Some people did not survive it, but the job must be done.
“You are rendering essential services to the public and you are entitled to free medical treatment; if you have spent some money in the hospital, it will be refunded to you. There is insurance package for you, for those injured,” he said.
Arabamen urged LASTMA officers to realise that they were rendering services to God and that they would surely be rewarded for such services, adding that “you should have an unlimited elasticity to bear the havoc associated with your job.”
He appealed to the officers to be patient with the public as the job at hand was so enormous that it could not be done by LASTMA officers alone.
“No human being can reward you for the service you are rendering. You have a divine job and your reward is in heaven but we will also reward you. The token given to you is a welfare package.
General Manager, LASTMA, Engr. Babatunde Edu said the package was just a token as insurance for injured LASTMA officers in the course of their duties, saying that the officers were more than ever ready to enforce the law.
The beneficiaries received cash gifts depending on the degree of injury.
One of the victims, Bolanle Taiwo said he was knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle last year while on duty and that he was hospitalised, adding that “the mark is still in my body. When the incident happened, I went for an x-ray.”
Another beneficiary, Omotayo Olojede, 44, said he was also run down by a hit-and-run vehicle at Mile 12 area last year.
“I spent one month in the hospital as my leg was operated upon. In fact, they put bolts on the lower part of my leg. The bolts are still there. This is to straighten the leg,” he stated.
Culled:Pm News
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