Drivers union commends AIG Lengor
General Motor and Transport Workers’ Union in Freetown has commended Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Morie Lengor for improving the erratic traffic system in the Western Area since he took up office few months ago.
Police confirmed earlier claims of confrontations between its members and some drivers and conductors of the country’s transport cooperation, SLRTC.
Complaints were that some drivers have taken the law into their own hands by flouting traffic rules and challenging police orders.
A Freetown resident said: “They park and pick up passengers along road sides, thereby causing a hell of traffic congestion. That is lawlessness. Often the rush for taxi cabs has led to rampant theft of innocent passengers and pedestrians.”
Idriss Y. Bangura, aka Couple, a senior drivers’ union member, admitted that there were problems. He, however, commended the police boss, stating that it has always been his main concern.
“It is an eye-sore to investors, presidential convoy and well meaning visitors,” he stated.
President of the union, Alhaji Fofanah, himself an active driver, said he has always worked closely with traffic police officers but pointed out that SLRTC’s persistent problems with the police was not good for their relationship.
Recently, the AIG’s office, supported by local unit commander, east Nepor Senesie and divisional traffic officer, Inspector Jimmy, reviewed the system and restored sanity in the relationship that was already fraught with complaints.
One of the results of that tireless effort by ‘Couple’ and the office of the AIG, according to businessmen and women who trade along major streets in Freetown, was the free flow of traffic and organized business atmosphere.
By Alie Mozart Sesay
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