Saint Lucia's National Council on Public Transportation (NCOPT) is considering making National Insurance Corporation (NIC) contributions mandatory for bus drivers who are members of the organisation. The disclosure has come from NCOPT Vice President Kentry Frederick, who admitted that bus operator payments are currently 'low.' 'What we are doing, we have sat with some persons from NIC - we have laid the platform to work,' Frederick told St Lucia Times. ' What you will hear from the Ministry's point of view, and I think the general public and I think some sensitive drivers have been saying that we need to