Afrigather The Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) has introduced that it’ll take authorized motion in opposition to any skit-maker or filmmaker discovered carrying the company’s uniform.
LASTMA Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division, Adebayo Taofiq knowledgeable the general public of the company’s determination in an announcement made obtainable to journalists on Thursday.
He stated any unauthorised use of the uniform or its related colours, kits and equipment with out authorities permission will probably be handled consistent with authorized provisions.
Taofiq quoted the Basic Supervisor, Bakare Oki, as saying that the choice was made after witnessing a social media video of two actors carrying phony LASTMA uniforms being revived by evil means after impaling a white Sienna automotive on the highway.
The company’s director warned that filmmakers or skit-makers who parade themselves as LASTMA officers in contents, with out acquiring the required permission ought to cease instantly or threat dealing with the total drive of the legislation.
The assertion reads partially; “The Administration of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) has concluded all obligatory preparations to prosecute any skits or filmmakers caught utilizing the Company’s uniform or its affiliated color, kits and accouterments with none authorisation from the Authorities.
“Mr. Bakare-Oki made this recognized right now after seeing two (2) actors with pretend LASTMA uniforms in a viral video on social media the place certainly one of them was being revived by means of a diabolical means after impounding a white ‘Sienna’ area bus on the highway.
“We implore the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners and different affiliated our bodies to warn their members as anybody caught utilizing LASTMA Uniform with out an authorized allow could be prosecuted in accordance with ‘Part 79 of the Prison Regulation of Lagos State 2015.”
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