Now
this is “Outside the Box” kind of thinking.
The
incumbent Cebu Mayor Tommy Osmeña has a little experiment he likes to
test. And this is so insanely simple, the projected result is to the direct
advantage of the local government and to the common Filipino taxpayer.
The
mayor has partnered with TNVS (Transport Network
Vehicle Services) to track the whereabouts of government vehicles and
personnel.
Making Grab and Uber favorable to the tax payer (photo credit to owner) |
In the Mayor's official Facebook page, he announced that the
city the city government was planning to use Uber’s system to encourage
government employees to take, as an alternative, Uber or Grab rides during
work, instead of their government-issued vehicles, so the government can
monitor and track their movement, as well as make sure they are "actually
doing their jobs."
"The days of
government employees abusing taxpayer-owned vehicles are finally Uber,"
Osmeña said.
"What this does is
allow our personnel who need to go around the city (tax-mappers and sanitation
inspectors for example) to not have to wait for a red-plate to become
available. Instead, they can use the app to summon a vehicle just like any
other person," Osmeña wrote.
"Also, the use of
the app will allow us to track their movements to make sure they’re actually
doing their jobs," the Mayor added.
During the period of
testing or trial, the mayor said that Cebu’s government employees will also be
required to take Grab rides at a discounted rate, instead of buying more
vehicles and hiring more personnel to drive their government-issued vehicles.
"Under this program,
there will be no more overpriced vehicles with 'missing' spare parts,"
Mayor Osmeña said.
Osmeña said the
"experiment" is expected to save the local government "a lot of
money."
"No more ‘sick’
drivers being paid to do nothing. No more fuel stolen from gas tanks. No more
red-plate vehicles used to bring employees’ families to the beach or
mall," the mayor wrote.
TNVS like Uber and Grab being
available to the public, Osmeña said prices charged to the government can be
made "very transparent" while employees can be tracked wherever they
go. "Overpricing is next to impossible," he said.
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Very good innovation
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