By: Ayo Agbeoluwaye
Lagos State Government has disbursed a cumulative sum of ₦40 million as consolatory assistance to the families and dependants of fallen officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), who laid down their lives in the faithful discharge of duty.

At the solemn presentation, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa who presented the cheques to was twenty families and dependants of the fallen heroes were each presented with the sum of ₦2 million as a demonstration of the State Government’s enduring solidarity and concern.

In his remarks, Hon. Giwa cautioned against interpreting the gesture as compensation for loss, emphasising that no financial consideration can ever approximate the sanctity, worth and irreplaceability of human life, explaining that the support represents a symbolic acknowledgment of the exceptional gallantry, uncommon courage in the face of danger and ultimate sacrifice paid by the fallen officers in service to Lagos State and humanity at large.

“The Lagos State Government remains resolute in its determination to perpetuate the memory of these valiant men and women. This intervention stands as a clear testament that their sacrifices were neither unnoticed nor unappreciated and that their families will never be left to bear the burden of loss alone,” Hon. Giwa stated, while reaffirming the administration’s people-oriented governance philosophy and its firm commitment to the welfare of public servants and their dependants.

Speaking at the occasion, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Olawale Musa, commended the State Government for embedding empathy and humane consideration as cornerstones of governance.

He observed that the initiative strengthens public trust in government institutions and serves as a moral lodestar for serving officers, assuring them that dedication and sacrifice will always attract honour, recognition and compassionate remembrance.

Earlier, the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, in his address extolled the fallen officers as indomitable patriots whose legacy of selflessness, discipline and service remains perpetually inscribed in the annals of the Authority.

Mr. Bakare-Oki thanked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his humane leadership and for sustaining a governance culture that accords primacy to human dignity, institutional loyalty and social responsibility.

Adding emotional resonance to the ceremony, the wife of the Pioneer General Manager of LASTMA, Late Engr. Adebayo Adegboayega Coker, offered words of encouragement to the bereaved families, urging them to prudently utilise the financial support towards the education, welfare and holistic development of their children, whom she described as the enduring legacies of fallen heroes.

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