MAJOR SHAKEUP IN OYRTMA AS AUTHORITY REDEPLOYS TOP COMMANDERS, CREATE NEW COMMANDS FOR OPTIMIZED & SUSTAINABLE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACROSS OYO STATE

Pursuant to its transition to sustainable traffic management model in-line with Governor Seyi Makinde’s sustainable development agenda, the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) has created more operational commands and executed what could be described as a major shakeup in its chain of command as top commanders in the service of the Authority was recently redeployed for “optimized performance”.

This was made known by the Executive Chairman of the Authority, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi Ph.D while addressing top commanders of the agency barely a week after the two-day capacity building workshop on “Sustainable Traffic Management” convened by the Oyo State Government for men and officers of the Authority with the aim of improving service delivery through effective road traffic management across the State.

According to the OYRTMA boss, “This major shakeup is one of our routine operational changes aimed at stamping out complacency and ensuring effective service delivery particularly now that the Authority is moving towards sustainable traffic management in tandem with the second term mantra of His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Sustainable Development of Oyo State. You may recall that sequel to a 2-day intensive capacity building training facilitated by His Excellency, the Executive Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, Management has carefully executed a SWOT analysis on our performance under omituntun 1.0 and our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats has been identified. Thus, this rejig is imperative as it represents a chunk of our strategic action plans to sustainably ease traffic flow, reduce road traffic crashes and make lives much more easier for the good people of Oyo State and even passersby as we approach Omituntun 2.0 and beyond”, Fagbemi said.
Among the top commanders redeployed are:
Commander Lawal Teslimat formerly of Headquarters Command, now posted to Agodi Command
Commander Oke Abimbola formerly of Agodi Command, redeployed to Water Command
Commander okunlola Kamorudeen, formerly Ojoo Terminal Command, now Bodija Commander
Commander Lawal Taofeek, formerly Challenge Command, now U.I/Agbowo Commander
Commander Olabisi Ebenezer, formerly Afijio Command, now Ojoo Terminal Commander
Commander Akanmu Oluropo, formerly Field Officer, now Mokola Commander
Commander Alamu Marufu, formerly Field officer, now Area Commander, Oke Ogun
Commander Azeez Waheed, formerly field officer, now Sepeteri Commander
Commander Adebayo Jelili, formerly field officer, now Kishi Commander
Commander Adeoye Sikiru, formerly Orita/Podo, now Sanyo Zonal Commander
Commander Yekeen Kehinde, formerly Field Operations, now Orita/Podo Commander
Commander Aderibigbe Dapo, formerly field operations, Olodo 1 Commander.

Others are Commanders Ayoola Adewole, Olaitan Adeniyi, Akinleye Nureni , Adesina Olamide, Obalanlege Azeez, Ayoola Tope, Abimbola Abiodun who are commanders of Olodo 2, Area Commander Olodo, Ido Zonal Commander, Gate Zonal Commander, Eleyele Zonal Command, Taskforce headquarters, Taskforce headquarters respectively.