DRTS: Staff Oppose Alleged Succession Breach, Petition Minister

A caller enactment situation has erupted astatine the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) successful the Federal Capital Territory, pursuing the status of its director, Dr Abdul Lateef Bello, yesterday.

Shortly aft the pulling-out parade held successful his honour astatine the Mabushi headquarters, aggrieved unit and members of the Traffic Transparency Initiative protested the determination to manus implicit administrative power to the lawman manager successful complaint of operations.

The group, led by its coordinator, Eke Nnamdi, successful a connection made disposable to LEADERSHIP Weekend yesterday described the handover arsenic a breach of seniority and professionalism.
According to them, the lawman manager of procurement, followed by the lawman manager of quality resources, are the rightful elder officers to enactment successful the interim, not the Operations Deputy.

“Many officers are aggrieved but cannot talk retired due to the fact that of civilian work rules. We person taken it upon ourselves to transmission their concerns to the due authorities,” Nnamdi said.

The radical urged the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to personally intervene successful the succession process to guarantee transparency and fairness.

They further insisted that lone proscription experts, mechanical engineers, and different related professionals should beryllium considered for substantive assignment arsenic DRTS Director if standards are to beryllium upheld.

The situation comes astatine a clip erstwhile the directorate has been grappling with gross shortfalls pursuing a Federal High Court judgement halting its roadworthy operations.

Although the verdict has been appealed, the lawsuit has continued to impact the agency’s representation and gross drive.

The inaugural besides appealed to Wike to summation backing for the DRTS to boost efficiency.

They called for the suspension of the online fig sheet registration system, citing predominant web failures that person diverted gross to neighbouring states specified arsenic Kaduna, Niger, and Nasarawa.

In addition, the radical urged the Federal Road Safety Corps to hasten the proviso of driver’s licences, noting that delays lasting up to 1 twelvemonth were compounding DRTS’s fiscal troubles.

“The directorate is already divided due to the fact that of the existent development. If urgent steps are not taken, the concern could worsen,” the radical warned.