LASTMA official, who slumped Controlling Traffic on Saturday is Dead

The official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, who slumped controlling traffic on Ishaga Road in the Idi-Araba, Mushin area on Saturday, is dead.

Kazeem Lawal, who was among LASTMA officials on duty for an event at the Chapel of the Healing Cross, collapsed at about 1.30pm but arrived the Randle Hospital, Surulere, dead after being to the hospital by his colleagues.
According to reports Lawal, who was attached to LASTMA Zone 3, Iponri, died on the way to the hospital after initially being rushed to a Lagos University Teaching Hospital, but he could not be attended to because of the ongoing strike action.
A colleague said;

“He was initially taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, but he could not be attended to because of the ongoing strike action. He was then rushed to the Randle Hospital where he was confirmed dead.
“We do not have any insurance policy. We do not have any hazard allowance. It is very painful.
“His family members are in disarray at present. We work round the clock, and we are usually overwhelmed. He must have collapsed from accumulated stress.

“Since the government sacked some LASTMA workers last year, there has been a burden on the

workforce. Work posts, where seven personnel were handling, have been reduced to one or two.”
“The whole thing happened so fast and so shocking. By the time they took him to the Randle Hospital, he had died,” another LASTMA official said. 

May his soul rest in peace,Amen!!