Commercial Drivers Demanding Justice
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By Frank Sainworla, Jr. fsainworla, Jr., fsainworla@yahoo.com
Rage has hit the streets against the controversial deal by the Boakai government to outsource Liberia Traffic Management Services to a Lebanese company, with commercial drivers including taxi operators protesting today, Monday, July 28, 2025.
Riot Police take up position in front of the Capitol Building
Today’s protest by commercial drivers comes just days after the leadership of the Liberian Senate called on the Presidency to halt implementation of the outsourcing deal, which has since taken effect, “pending a comprehensive review”. Outsourcing Liberia’s Traffic Management Services: At Long Last, The Senate Intervenes – News Public Trust
The protest, which kicked off at the ELWA junction in Monrovia’s Paynesville suburb, has ended up at the seat of the Legislature, Capitol Building. A group of drivers have assembled opposite the University of Liberia campus, chanting anti LTM deal and calling for an end to the usurpation of the Transport Ministry’s functions.
They are demanding that they be given entrance to the Capitol grounds to allow them to petition their lawmakers.
A large group of commercial drivers are reportedly marching on to the Capitol Hill to join their colleagues in the protest action.
In recent days, more opposition continues to be publicly expressed against the contract the Liberia National Police (LNP) has with a foreign company, outsourcing the country’s Traffic Management Services to the Liberia Traffic Management Services, Inc. (LTML), buttressing recent alarm raised by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defense, Intelligence and Security, Lofa County Senator Momo Cyrus. Ex-Deputy Min. In Ellen Regime Backs Sen. Momo Cyrus’s Opposition To Outsourcing Liberia Traffic Management Services – News Public Trust