Sinanan tells Licensing Authority to clean up its act

On Friday last, Sinanan paid a surprise visit to the Licensing Authority at Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain to get a first-hand view of the operations and to ascertain how well the public is being served.

When Sinanan arrived, he discovered that only one photographer out of three were on duty and there was a large number of persons in the line waiting to have their photos taken.

When he enquired why there was only one photographer, he was told that the other two did not turn up for duty.

According to Sinanan, he is well aware that there is a backup system in place if this happens but believes that there was a lack of communication.

He described this is a management issue which needs to be sorted out. Sinanan also found that the service at the Licensing Department was not what he expected and, having spoken to members of the public, he got the impression that they accepted the poor service as if it was the norm. “They have to clean up their act,” Sinanan said.

“We have reached a point in Trinidad where we accept these things. It is not normal and we will no longer accept this behaviour.” He said, with respect to allegations of corruption at the Licensing Department, the system being used will be modernised to avoid this.

On another note, Sinanan said yesterday that he will be meeting with managers of the Public Transport Service Corporation to improve the service delivered to the public and intends to do so with all other bodies which fall under his purview.

He said the Licensing Department at Caroni is scheduled to be opened on February 13.