The Liberia Site visitors Administration Included (LMTI), a international agency looking for to take over the administration of the nation’s site visitors administration system and usurp the perform of the Ministry of Transport, has been caught within the crosshairs of the Liberian Senate for improper documentation.
Capitol Hill, July 25, 2025: Members of the Liberian Senate at its sitting on Thursday, July 24, voted to droop LMTI’s operation earlier than it may even start, citing fraud and inconsistency.
LMTI, whose concession settlement has sparked waves of protests from Civil Servants on the Ministry of Transport, seeks to take over the issuance of driver’s licenses, car registration, site visitors inspections, and different capabilities which are unique to the ministry. The corporate’s operation, scheduled to take impact later this month or in early August, would lead to practically 300 job losses for civil servants.
Nonetheless, their operations apart, it was revealed on the Senate on Thursday that the paperwork within the possession of LMTI are two separate agreements: one authorised by the Senate and the opposite within the public area.
Cape Mount County Senator Dabbah Varpileh, who introduced the subject up for dialogue in the course of the Senate Plenary, argued that the concession doc at the moment within the public area is totally different from what they (Senate) ratified and despatched to President Joseph N. Boakai.
Sen. Varpileh defined that the LMTI concession of 2018, which was ratified, differs considerably from the present contract.
” Due to this fact, I requested this senate to analyze this settlement and establish these points as they relate to job and income and potential increments of service. Up to now few days, protests have been held by these affected, and we urge the Govt to try it. This was not carried out due to a few of these points,” she added.
In the meantime, commenting on the LMTI paperwork, Margibi County Senator Nathaniel F. McGill, who was the Minister of State on the time the doc was signed, acknowledged that former President Weah by no means signed the LMTI concession settlement.
Sen. McGill additional famous that the paperwork ratified by the Liberian Senate and despatched to President Boakai for signing are totally different from the paperwork that the corporate is at the moment implementing, some extent he stated was additionally noticed with the signature of former President George M. Weah, for which the CDC didn’t implement the concession.
” If the earlier authorities that reached this concession itself declined to implement, why this authorities?” requested Sen. Findley of Grand Bassa County.
“Moreover, the settlement was not carried out, and the corporate went to courtroom, later withdrawing the matter and sitting on it for years as a result of they knew the concession had an issue,” he stated. -Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
