DVLA to introduce new reforms for vehicles at Ghana’s ports

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Operations at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Prince Opoku Edusei, has revealed that plans are underway to launch an initiative soon that will track the movement of vehicles that transport cargo from the ports into the hinterlands to support existing government efforts.

Speaking on the sidelines of the DVLA’s public lecture at the University of Ghana to mark the authority’s 25-year anniversary, the Head of Operations at DVLA also revealed that his outfit is working on digitalizing Direct from Port (DP) car identification plates.

“We are also rolling out a project to digitize our DP plates, and so instead of DP which we all know last 14 days fixed on a car that drives out of the ports, we are going to issue a sticker and that sticker means that the details of that vehicle would already be in our database because as far as we are concerned, that is the birth of any vehicle in this country,” he explained.

He also emphasised how the construction of the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal could improve safety.

“We all know of the Boankra Inland Port project, I believe that would come on stream very soon, and is spearheaded by the Minister for Transport. That would help ensure safety on our roads, as far as these Heavy Goods-carrying Vehicles are concerned, they cause a lot of accidents, we all know, and so we believe that when that comes, it will help reduce the breakdowns that we usually see, which cause some of these accidents,” he added.

During a demonstration of the evolution of the driver’s license, Kafui Semevo, Director of Driver Training, Testing, and Licensing at DVLA, encouraged applicants to verify amounts charged with receipts to avoid falling prey to unnecessary extortions from goro boys.