Training sessions for minibus operators are expected to start soon due to a lax adherence to the Minibus Code of Conduct, head of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Eon Andrews has said.
A letter written by Archie Cordis and published in the June 11th edition of Stabroek News noted that there is an absence of the fare structure in minibuses on Route 21 in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on the Essequibo Coast, although it is required by the law and by the Code of Conduct.
Other routes have also been resistant to embracing the Code of Conduct and Andrews said that in addition to visiting routes with the police and representatives of the Ministry of Business to sensitise operators, the union will also be starting training sessions.
“We will try to get maybe six to eight from each route every month to participate in training sessions but we have to wait on the Ministry [of Business]. They had a change of minister and so the process was slowed and they now have to go through the Permanent Secretary because it has to be budgeted for,” he said.
