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Before I start the conversation, let me inform you that the security details of Liberians have been outsourced from the following government entities to the assigned companies for printing and management:
1. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT -> LTMI (70%) shares
2. MINISTRY OF LABOUR -> CETIS-Liberia (60%) shares
3. NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION REGISTRY? Investigatingβ¦..
4. LIBERIA AIRPORT AUTHORITY: Visa upon Arrival -> CETIS-Liberia (60%) shares
As a Liberian and an advocate for labour and environmental justice, I am alarmed by the Government of Liberiaβs decision to hand over the printing and management of our driverβs licenses, vehicle registrations, and license plates to Liberia Traffic Management Inc. (LTM), a company reportedly owned by a Lebanese national. This 25-year agreement, originally stalled in 2018 due to widespread resistance and conflicts of interest, is now being reactivated under questionable circumstances.
I strongly oppose this deal, not just because it violates the Act that created the Ministry of Transport, but because it poses a direct threat to our national security, public employment, and economic sovereignty. No serious country on Earth would hand over control of its citizensβ biometric data and internal transport systems to a foreign firm, yet that is exactly what this deal proposes.
The facts speak for themselves. The Ministry of Transport currently generates over US $10 million annually. By contrast, this deal allows LTM to retain 70% of the revenue, offering Liberia just 30%, about $1.5 million annually. This is not only bad math, it is bad governance.
Over the next 25 years, Liberia stands to lose far more than it gains. All that is required to strengthen the Ministry of Transport is a budgetary increase from $3 million to $13 million, which would empower the ministry to modernize its systems and increase revenue far beyond current levels. Instead, the government is proposing to disempower its own institution, fire trained Liberian workers, and give away our sovereignty for a pittance. This is a scandalous misuse of public trust.
Worse still, this is not an isolated error. The same type of compromised deal happened under the Ministry of Labour with CETIS-LIBERIA, which currently manages our alien registration cards and visa-on-arrival system. The result has been chaos, corruption, and weakened internal controls. We are about to repeat that mistake, but on a much larger scale. The Liberia National Police Inspector General, along with officials from the Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Justice, appear to be the chief architects of this dangerous plan.
Their silence on the security implications is troubling, if not criminal. As someone committed to protecting the rights and dignity of our citizens, I reject this LTM deal entirely. It is an act of betrayal against the Liberian people. We must rise up, protest this injustice, and demand that our government cancel this concession immediately. Liberia must take control of its own future, and that starts with saying no to this exploitative and dangerous arrangement.
We must STOP π it. We can not be slaves in our own country. We can not sell our SECURITY DATA!
By: George S. Tengbeh
Labour and Environmental Justice Advocate
