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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Gambian leader, Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, yesterday, embarked on another unannounced visit to the premises of the former Maintenance Services Agency (MSA), now housing the Unique Transport Service Company.
MSA, during its glorious days, did not only serve the purpose of ensuring regular and reliable provision of maintenance services, including assembling of trailers, but it also served as a reliable source of employment. President Jammeh called it the biggest donation by the American government to the nation. But the current state of the infrastructure leaves much to be desired, clearly leaving the president appalled.
Poor management and various other factors have led to the failure of the company both in terms of purpose for which it was set-up and the target of government. President Jammeh has however pledged to transform it into a viable and advanced workshop.
The current management of Unique Transport System Company, inaugurated by the Gambian leader during last July 22nd celebrations, is assessing the structure, where it conducts its business of enhancing the public transport system. President Jammeh was struck by the level of damage of the machinery, the poorly maintained structure and the number of vehicles wasting in the premises of the company.
He toured the facility inside-out in the company of the secretary of state for Works, Construction and Infrastructure, Lamin Bojang, and the managing director of Unique Transport System, Laly Diab-Hydara. Displaying a sharp memory of the facility in its hay days, the president could not hide his disappointment at the way the former management of MSA handled its operations. He issued directives that services of the relevant personnel be hired to clear the complex of its bushes, which he said only call for fire outbreak.
The president also offered to retain the services of 15 trained personnel of the Maintenance Service Agency to work with the present management of Unique Transport System Company. Laly Diab-Hydara, who introduced them to the president, said the 15 were efficient and reliable, and that they have under her management assembled a good chunk of trainers in a short span of time.
The current management has set-up an inventory and reports on the status of its inheritance and will work under the directives of receiving the facility and boosting its output. His second spot check in February alone, the Gambian leader is getting to the depth of the operational problem of major public institutions and structures. And in spite of the purpose of the visit - a crowd of young students and ordinary people had assembled at the gate, cheering him along.More than that size were at the Senegambia junction, where the president had a brief stop to inspect the area. He was on his way to visit ongoing project sites along the Coastal Road, while crowds continued to pour.
MSA, during its glorious days, did not only serve the purpose of ensuring regular and reliable provision of maintenance services, including assembling of trailers, but it also served as a reliable source of employment. President Jammeh called it the biggest donation by the American government to the nation. But the current state of the infrastructure leaves much to be desired, clearly leaving the president appalled.
Poor management and various other factors have led to the failure of the company both in terms of purpose for which it was set-up and the target of government. President Jammeh has however pledged to transform it into a viable and advanced workshop.
The current management of Unique Transport System Company, inaugurated by the Gambian leader during last July 22nd celebrations, is assessing the structure, where it conducts its business of enhancing the public transport system. President Jammeh was struck by the level of damage of the machinery, the poorly maintained structure and the number of vehicles wasting in the premises of the company.
He toured the facility inside-out in the company of the secretary of state for Works, Construction and Infrastructure, Lamin Bojang, and the managing director of Unique Transport System, Laly Diab-Hydara. Displaying a sharp memory of the facility in its hay days, the president could not hide his disappointment at the way the former management of MSA handled its operations. He issued directives that services of the relevant personnel be hired to clear the complex of its bushes, which he said only call for fire outbreak.
The president also offered to retain the services of 15 trained personnel of the Maintenance Service Agency to work with the present management of Unique Transport System Company. Laly Diab-Hydara, who introduced them to the president, said the 15 were efficient and reliable, and that they have under her management assembled a good chunk of trainers in a short span of time.
The current management has set-up an inventory and reports on the status of its inheritance and will work under the directives of receiving the facility and boosting its output. His second spot check in February alone, the Gambian leader is getting to the depth of the operational problem of major public institutions and structures. And in spite of the purpose of the visit - a crowd of young students and ordinary people had assembled at the gate, cheering him along.More than that size were at the Senegambia junction, where the president had a brief stop to inspect the area. He was on his way to visit ongoing project sites along the Coastal Road, while crowds continued to pour.
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