39 Staff Arrested at SLRSA for Corruption, and this is the first time in the history of Sierra Leone for the SLRSA Executive Director to stand firm in the fight against corruption at SLRSA; we have only seen this positive move under the leadership of Rev. Smart Senesie.
Honey turned sour in the mouths of thirty-nine staff of the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) when the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) squad descended and arrested them over a corruption scandal.
According to reports, most of the senior staff, mainly from the System Operators and Licence Office across the country, were in a meeting on Thursday, 12th September, 2024, at their headquarters of the SLRSA when the ACC Squad stormed the compound and frog marched them for interrogation.
This drive to rid the SLRSA of corruption emanated from the stance of the Executive Director, Rev. Smart Senesie who invited the Anti Corruption Commission to prob the Authority.
The issue started in April 2024 when the SLRSA entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Revenue Authority to integrate the payment system of income tax and circulation fees for every vehicle plying within the country.
The API System for all payments from the three institutions, Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority, Autospect and the National Revenue Authority, before licensing the vehicle, was identified as tampered with during the quarterly internal audit era by some System Operators and Licence Officials.
With this development, the Rev. Smart Senesie wasted no time to alert the Minister of Transport and Aviation about this deplorable issue. The Minister instructed the SLRSA Boss to inform the ACC about the matter for further investigations.
With this, the thirty-nine staff are currently helping the Commission with the investigations.
This stance clearly defines the good leadership qualities of the SLRSA Boss, Rev. Smart Senesie, helping the President and the government to fight corruption; this also contributes to achieving the agenda of the President. SLRSA has been a taboo for corruption, issuance of fake Licences, and collecting exorbitant money from citizens for driver’s licences without informing the people of the exact price they should pay as mandated by the institution. These corrupt practices and dubious games are prevalent in the SLRSA, it’s a blessing to have a hardworking man with integrity Rev Smart Senesie in that capacity as Executive Director of SLRSA, under his leadership all the corrupt practices and dubious activities, issuing fake Licences has drastically ended, no more chap ya put ya again at SLRSA. Rev. Smart Senesie is working tirelessly to curb these shameless, dramatic, and dubious activities at SLRSA.
Thank you, President Bio, for appointing a brave leader like Rev. Smart Senesie, who has transformed the SLRSA into an effective service delivery institution.
Trust the process. With Rev. Smart Senesie, transformation is steadily ongoing at SLRSA.