Neequaye Kotey exchanging pleasantries with Ga Mantse
The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has called on the management of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to ensure driver’s license seekers pass through due propose before they are authorized to operate vehicles.
Addressing management of the Authority during a courtesy call to introduce the new DVLA boss, Julius Neequaye Kotey, Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, revealed that it is disheartening to witness cases of car crashes which are attributed to drivers’ inexperience.
“It has been a constant norm that a driver’s mate within a year or half of service will pass as a driver. If you further investigate it you will realise he has a license to be operating the vehicle. The question is, how did he get the nod to operate the vehicle,” he asked.
The Ga Mantse who doubles as the President of the Ga Traditional Council urged the management of the authority to enforce laws as pedestrians and passengers’ risk losing their lives due to the inexperience of some drivers.
He also encouraged the DVLA Boss to ensure transparency in his service delivery stating that, “there are a lot of issues at the authority, day in, day out, we hear different news about your workplace linked to issues of corruption. As the new boss, I implore you to work diligently and transparently to gain the trust of the masses who patronise your service.”
On his part, Mr. Neequaye Kotey acknowledged the discrepancies identified by the Ga Mantse pledging to uphold the fundamental value and integrity of the authority.
“I have the mandate of ensuring our roads are made safe and about the trotro mate analogy made by the Ga Mantse, I will ensure that measures will be put in place to revert this growing menace of individuals receiving license without passing through due processes,” he said.
Mr. Neequaye Kotey further stated that his administration will be embarking on changing the DVLA number plate system to sticker form embedded with enhanced security features, as part of the Authority’s efforts to prevent counterfeiting and ensure the authenticity of the plate, including holograms, watermarks, QR code among others at the various ports.
“We have realized that there are a lot of illegal and fake DVLA plates at the port. We have experienced a situation where customs will channel out figures like they have cleared about 8,000 cars but whenever the authority comes around for accountability it is another issue, hence we are introducing the sticker DVLA system to check these errors,” he added.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke