Jamaica Civil Service Association President, Oneil Grant, is calling for a forensic audit of the operations of the JUTC.
He made the call in an open letter to Transport Minister, Dr. Omar Davies today.
In his open letter to Minister Davies, Mr. Grant outlines some of the questions the unions wanted answered before a fare increase was granted.
Chief among those questions is the reason for the JUTC’s lack of profitability.
He asks ‘why is the JUTC losing 150 to 170-million dollars a day, when compared to private owners?
He also wants to know what drives these costs and whether they’re purely operational, or the result of pilferage and waste at the company.
The union leader also wants to know how long the new increase will be able to sustain the JUTC, before another increase is needed.
He’s calling for a forensic audit of the JUTC, to identify the source of the hemorrhaging, with a view to correct the weaknesses.
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