LAGESC DECORATES 25 NEWLY-PROMOTED OPERATIVES WITH RANKS
… Corps Marshal Urges Operatives on Increased Professionalism
As part of concerted measures to boost the morale of Enforcement Operatives and in line with statutory requirements of law enforcement in Lagos State, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has decorated 25 newly-promoted operatives of the Agency with new ranks at a ceremony held at the Agency’s Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi on Thursday.
In her address at the event, the Corps Marshal of the Agency, CP Gbemisola Akinpelu admonished the newly-promoted operatives to eschew corruption, serve as role models to junior officers and improve on service delivery in their daily operational duties.
She also added that the commitment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to make Lagos cleaner and habitable, as part of the T.H.EM.E.S developmental agenda, must be actualized, charging the operatives to carry out the Agency’s mandate on a daily basis.
Expressing optimism that the Agency’s leadership could be steered by any of the newly promoted operatives in the future, the Corps Marshal urged the operatives to justify their new ranks and remain unrelenting in their discharge of lawful duties in the State.
Also speaking, the Deputy Corps Marshal (Intelligence), Alhaji Ganiyu Salami admonished the operatives to see their promotion as a call to higher responsibility, in line with the extant rules of the Lagos State Civil Service.
In the same vein, the Deputy Corps Marshal (Operations), Mr. Ganiyu Kazeem called for increased gallantry from operatives, enjoining them to discharge their duties without fear or favour in all the nooks and crannies of the State.
The highlight of the ceremony was the decoration of the Most Senior Officer of the Agency, Mr. Osifeso Oluwasegun who was promoted to the rank of Law Enforcement (Environmental Sanitation) Deputy Marshal and 24 other officers that stepped up to the next level of Senior Law Enforcement (Environmental Sanitation) Superintendents and Law Enforcement (Environmental Sanitation) Superintendents.
Responding on the behalf of the operatives Head of Environmental Services, Mr. Osifeso Oluwasegun expressed their gratitude to the State Government and urged his colleagues to ensure the realisation of the Agency’s mandate in the State.
He also assured the management that no stone will be left unturned when it comes to keeping Lagos’s environment clean and hygienic.
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PIX 1-3: Images of the decoration ceremony of 25 newly-promoted operatives of the LAGESC with new ranks at the Agency’s Command Headquarters, Bolade-Oshodi on Thursday.
