This week we witnessed the commissioning of the UTS Co a brilliant and magnificent move by the HE Dr. Yaya AJJ Jammeh. The fleet of buses on parade at the august commemoration the 14th. Anniversary of the come to the throne of the AFPRC/APRC was a nationwide cause of celebration and joy.

It has been a while since the taxi drivers held us at ransom through Gambia National Transport Association (GNTA) by hyping the traveling fares and tariff. The refuge they held unto is the increase in the prices of oils/diesel and patrol and it is hard to argue but the fact of the matter remains that we all know it is a bit cunningly-dubiety if they try to divide a single route and charge and inflated-increased fare. Our drivers are our own brothers and sisters but it is a way. way out of common sense if you look at what they doing to the rest of the populace with their fare hypes and fare jimmics.

With the intervention of the president especially on the Banjul-Serrekunda route is heaven sent package and we are once again grateful to him for his foresight and awareness of what is about in the country. The UTS Co is not only lower in fares but also saver to travel on as the League of Mad Drivers (LMD) continues to flaw the speed limits and everyday they kill people and cripple families and communities. I think I feel safer on board the buses than on the vans as you do not know who drives you or what responsibilities he has, so he can as well play cheap with his life including your wonderful life and there is no second chance when it comes to your life, so watch-out for the driver who drives you.

To the new employees of the UTS Co especially its conductors and drivers please treat these buses as your own and do not abuse its technical operational capabilities and its revenue. We need the buses to run regularly and make profit for their owners and we need the revenue to keep the UTS in business and we also need the revenue to pay your salaries and other statutory entitlements.

To the management of the UTS Co, I hope you have done your home works and learnt from the mistakes of the Ailing GPTC and Defunct Amat Kebbeh’s Bus Services. There is a lot you can learn from them and avoid the silly mistakes they made and make UTS Co a success story. One thing is for sure there are the resources; there is the man power, there are the technical capabilities and the people are going to places so you have all it takes to make in the Gambia and I hope you open you eyes and do a good job for yourselves and the country.

The management of UTS Co must be very business minded to make it as it is a great and good industry but many a company has fallen by the way side and I hope you will steer the ship of UTS Co to safe shores of promised expansion, reliability and continuity. Good Luck we are with you and the people are watching so beware. Personally, I think you can make it business wise and I hope you do and I also pray you do as these rogue drivers are taking our lives and taking us for a granted.

I will also appeal to the management of UTSCo to put two buses for us on the BARRA- KEREWAN HIGHWAY. We the people of Lower Nuimi deserve it because we are organized and we blessed with a state of the art highway. Please if you reading give us a bus or two.