Dear Editor,
As the country struggles to cope with the tight fiscal and monetary situation that challenges both the public and the private sectors, l find it extremely difficult to reconcile the Government spending millions of taxpayers' hard-earned money on providing a bus system dedicated to civil servants.
We must be the only country in the world that is doing this nonsense. Can someone explain to me and the wider Jamaica what is it that our civil servants do that require this exceptional treatment, apart from the shoddy service that often characterises their dealigs with members of the public.
My understanding is that this bus service for civil servants is being provided under a collective bargaining agreement struck with the Government several years ago during the days of the poor public transport system that existed prior to the JUTC.
We have come a long way since those days, and it's quite difficult for me to fathom why the Government and the civil servants cannot agree on a formula to reallocate the resources being spent on their exclusive bus service towards some other important national good; especially in the context of the investment of billions of dollars in a modern, air-conditioned fleet of new buses that's more than adequate to take everyone around.
If we are serious about prioritising spending on important areas for the development of the country, a dedicated bus system for our civil servants would not qualify by any stretch of the imagination.
Winston D Barrett
Manor Park
Why an exclusive bus service for civil servants?
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As the country struggles to cope with the tight fiscal and monetary situation that challenges both the public and the private sectors, l find it extremely difficult to reconcile the Government spending millions of taxpayers' hard-earned money on providing a bus system dedicated to civil servants.
We must be the only country in the world that is doing this nonsense. Can someone explain to me and the wider Jamaica what is it that our civil servants do that require this exceptional treatment, apart from the shoddy service that often characterises their dealigs with members of the public.
My understanding is that this bus service for civil servants is being provided under a collective bargaining agreement struck with the Government several years ago during the days of the poor public transport system that existed prior to the JUTC.
We have come a long way since those days, and it's quite difficult for me to fathom why the Government and the civil servants cannot agree on a formula to reallocate the resources being spent on their exclusive bus service towards some other important national good; especially in the context of the investment of billions of dollars in a modern, air-conditioned fleet of new buses that's more than adequate to take everyone around.
If we are serious about prioritising spending on important areas for the development of the country, a dedicated bus system for our civil servants would not qualify by any stretch of the imagination.
Winston D Barrett
Manor Park
Why an exclusive bus service for civil servants?
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