The General Manager of the Agency, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, frowned on the “demeaning manner in which movie and skit makers portray Lastma institution in their movies and skits”, using Lastma uniform without recourse to the Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 which criminalises such unauthorised use, a statement signed by Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department said on Thursday.
The Management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has concluded all necessary arrangements to prosecute any skits or filmmakers caught using the Agency's uniform or its affiliated colour, kits and accoutrements without authorisation from the government.
The General Manager of the Agency, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, frowned on the “demeaning manner in which movie and skit makers portray Lastma institution in their movies and skits”, using Lastma uniform without recourse to the Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 which criminalises such unauthorised use, a statement signed by Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department said on Thursday.
Mr. Bakare-Oki made this known on Thursday after seeing two actors with fake Lastma uniforms in a viral video on social media, where one of them is being revived through a diabolical means after impounding a white Toyota Sienna space bus on the road.
Bakare-Oki called on "film or skit makers who portray as Lastma Officer without applying for, and being duly issued a permit letter for such portrayals, to desist with immediate effect or face the full wrath of the law”
He explained that such sanity in movie production, regulation of possession and usage of Lastma uniforms will surely curb the proliferation of Lastma kits, uniforms and accoutrements within our society.
He said, "We implore National Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTA) and other affiliated bodies to warn their members as anyone caught using Lastma uniform without an approved permit would be prosecuted in accordance with 'Section 79 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.”