Dear Editor,
Former distinguished Contractor General Greg Christie has been rumoured to be in contention to be Jamaica’s next commissioner of Customs. Media reports say the contract of Major Richard Reece ends shortly.
Christie had an outstanding, successful and exemplary tenure as contractor general and served with vast distinction, probity and extensive professionalism over the period, which without a doubt served exceedingly well this country. He is credited as being fearless, uncompromisingly devoted, and was highly respected as a no-nonsense public servant of high integrity.
He would be an excellent choice for the position of commissioner of Customs and a huge positive asset to the Customs Agency of Jamaica. He would be in a professional position to comprehensively seek out and clean up the levels of corruption throughout the system and secure the country’s well-needed government revenue.
The Customs Agency is filled with inefficiencies, underperformance and, I believe, a lack of proper supervision for middle level-ranked staff. Quite regularly we hear customers of Customs bitterly complaining about these problems in different platforms, be it on talk shows, letters or varying exchanges.
All too frequently we hear president of the Returning Residents’ Association, the irrepressible and vocal Percival LaTouche, vociferously complaining on the talk shows regarding the problems which returning residents are experiencing on returning to Jamaica, at times being overcharged duties way in excess of what they paid for items and personal assets being brought home. This is preventing more Jamaicans from returning each year, says LaTouche, which is an indictment on the leadership which currently exists at the Customs Agency.
The system needs someone of the integrity of a Greg Christie to uplift the performance levels. A Greg Christie is the man for the job. Appoint Greg Christie to the position, Minister Audley Shaw. We need him there to reform the agency.
Robert Dalley, Esq
St James
robertdalley1@hotmail.com
Former distinguished Contractor General Greg Christie has been rumoured to be in contention to be Jamaica’s next commissioner of Customs. Media reports say the contract of Major Richard Reece ends shortly.
Christie had an outstanding, successful and exemplary tenure as contractor general and served with vast distinction, probity and extensive professionalism over the period, which without a doubt served exceedingly well this country. He is credited as being fearless, uncompromisingly devoted, and was highly respected as a no-nonsense public servant of high integrity.
He would be an excellent choice for the position of commissioner of Customs and a huge positive asset to the Customs Agency of Jamaica. He would be in a professional position to comprehensively seek out and clean up the levels of corruption throughout the system and secure the country’s well-needed government revenue.
The Customs Agency is filled with inefficiencies, underperformance and, I believe, a lack of proper supervision for middle level-ranked staff. Quite regularly we hear customers of Customs bitterly complaining about these problems in different platforms, be it on talk shows, letters or varying exchanges.
All too frequently we hear president of the Returning Residents’ Association, the irrepressible and vocal Percival LaTouche, vociferously complaining on the talk shows regarding the problems which returning residents are experiencing on returning to Jamaica, at times being overcharged duties way in excess of what they paid for items and personal assets being brought home. This is preventing more Jamaicans from returning each year, says LaTouche, which is an indictment on the leadership which currently exists at the Customs Agency.
The system needs someone of the integrity of a Greg Christie to uplift the performance levels. A Greg Christie is the man for the job. Appoint Greg Christie to the position, Minister Audley Shaw. We need him there to reform the agency.
Robert Dalley, Esq
St James
robertdalley1@hotmail.com