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Many Customs officers are singing Bob Marley’s “Real Situation”
Dear Editor,
Many Customs officers are singing Bob Marley’s song “Real Situation”. The last part of that song aptly described the prevailing sentiments and perspectives of those officers.
Here is the last stanza:
“There ain’t no use: no one can’t stop them now
Everybody struggling ain’t no use ain’t no use
Ain’t no use you even try
Ain’t no use got to say bye-bye
Ain’t no use! Ain’t no ain’t no use no one can stop them now”
There is a morbid gang of three that derives sadistic pleasure by playing Russian roulette with officers’ lives. Many officers are enduring this situation because of their years of service and their families to maintain. Morale in Customs is at the all time low. Being vocal is met with viciousness and victimization.
They are not managing by principles and adherence to best practices but by fear and intimidation.
They have perfected the blame game. Each of them denies making any decisions that adversely affects officers’ lives and ritually and habitually shifts the blame when asked while their signatures are seen on documentations of their devious decisions.
If their decisions were impartial, there would been no need for this letter. However, each of them have their own small clique that enjoy preference treatment and privileges. There is a jargon in Customs circles that is called “coverage” or an officer is referred to as “the deputy head boy or girl”. While this not a new phenomenon, but the blatant partiality is glaring and brazen.
Another ritual at Customs is senior male Management staff sleeping with junior female officers. I will say much on this; suffice to say it is wrong. What is disgusting right now is the calculated move by one of the gang members to have his sexual liaisons transferred back into Customs operations at the expenses of hard working and committed officers that made the sacrifice to further their studies with the hope of being promoted at some point in time.
It is a real sad situation, ain’t no use.
Disgruntled GRA employees
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