Five people have been appointed to the Land Transport Authority Board.

The chairperson is Suva lawyer, Vijay Maharaj.*

Other members are army Land Force Commander Colonel Sitiveni Qiliho, Vodafone Fiji Chief Financial Officer, Divik Deo, businessman Ashok Patel and a former LTA Operations General Manager, Aptinko Vaurasi.

The Permanent Secretary for Transport and LTA Chief Executive are the other board members.

The new board replaces the former board which was revoked by Transport Minister Parveen Kumar Bala last Saturday.

A report on LTA highlighted many irregularities in customer services.