NACSUL Backs LTMI’s Takeover

NACSUL Backs LTMI’s Takeover

-The National Civil Society Union of Liberia (NACSUL) has pledged support for the Liberia

Transport Management Incorporation (LTMI).

NACUSL in a release, said there is a legal and binding agreement between the company and the government, and until that agreement is nullified, the government should live up to its side of the bargain.

NACUSL’s release came in the wake of claims and counterclaims about the LTMI’s taking over of vehicle registration and inspection, as well as printing of driver licenses and license plates.

 In a press statement issued by NACSUL, and signed by its President, Amos B.S. Kanneh, the group underscored the need for the government to honor any signed concession agreements, if it is serious about providing a favorable investment image to potential investors.

  The group’s statement comes a day after members of the Senate made a decision to meet with President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to suspend the LTMI’s agreement.

  During senate plenary on Thursday, July 24, 2025, it was decided that they would meet with the President on the matter, due to widespread public concern and internal protests by some employees of the Ministry of Transport, who argue that the agreement outsources vital government services to a foreign-owned company without due diligence or national consultation.

 However, NACSUL has revealed that the LTMI concession was reviewed and approved by both Houses of the Legislature following “all due diligence and consultations.”

The group said more than 50 percent of those, who passed the concession are still at the Legislature, including former representative James Biney. Biney a senator for Maryland County. Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe, and the Senate Pro-Tempore, Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence are also aware of the deal.

   The group argued: “It is hypocritical for lawmakers, who carried out proper due diligence before signing the concession to hide behind a group of people, who have defrauded the government of needed revenues for so long to push for a halt to the deal that has already began to show its ability in properly delivering the needed service to the public.”

   The group said, they see the lawmakers doing as “more about personal and selfish interests than protecting the interest of the state, which should not be encouraged.”

 NACSUL recalled that the government outsourced vehicle registration, and the printing of driver licenses and license plates to MDMC several years ago, but because the company does not have the capacity to fully implement the deal, it had to reluctantly maintain its operations at the ministry, and only collect monies generated as its share of the profit.

  The group said its investigations have revealed that the MDMC has been robbing government of much-needed revenue and is using the Transport Ministry employees to carry out its function when, in fact, they should be operating from their headquarters with their own employed staffs.

   NACSUL said: “because the ministry employees have been carrying out MDMC functions for so long, they now believe that they work for MDMC, and transitioning the company would affect their employment with the ministry, which is far from reality.”

According to the group, LTMI is open to applications from qualified Liberians to serve in varied capacities, such as those they have served in, and have since employed over 200 Liberians to jumpstart its operations.

  NACUSL claimed that some of the ministry’s workers have been used as pawns to fight a proxy war for MDMC, but called on them not to allow themselves to be used by elements of MDMC for their selfish agenda, noting that as civil servants, their allegiance is with the government, and the general public and not to any private company.

  Meanwhile, the group has commended Pres. Boakai and his administration for giving greenlight to the operations of the LTMI, thereby vitalizing and modernizing the transport sector, which has lagged behind for many years.