{"id":392956,"date":"2017-05-29T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/dvla-automates-systems-to-kick-out-scheming-goro-boys\/"},"modified":"2017-05-29T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T15:30:58","slug":"dvla-automates-systems-to-kick-out-scheming-goro-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/29\/dvla-automates-systems-to-kick-out-scheming-goro-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"DVLA automates systems to kick out scheming \u2018Goro Boys\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Authorities at the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) have moved to kick out the activities of unauthorised middlemen (\u201cGoro Boys\u201d) with the introduction of an automated system.<\/p>\n<p>The new system, the DVLA says, will reduce human-to-human interaction in the discharge of its various services.<\/p>\n<p>Activities of the \u201cGoro Boys\u201d have been blamed for the widespread fake vehicle and roadworthy documents and driver\u2019s license in the system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DVLA\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/685915025_62922.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"720049579\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the DVLA, the \u201cGoro Boys\u201d interrupt their work by intercepting documents from clients supposedly to be sent to DVLA officials.<\/p>\n<p>Joy News\u2019 investigations last year,<b> revealed that electronic roadworthy<\/b> stickers procured by the DVLA are being faked by the fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>The DVLA was pushed to switch to electronic stickers due to the alarming rate at which the manual stickers were being counterfeited<\/p>\n<p>The DVLA at the beginning of this year pledged to get rid of them by clamping down on their activities.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Kwasi Agyemang Busia, tells Joy News the automated systems will also ensure genuine documentation of vehicles and other services undertaken by the DVLA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the next few weeks you will begin to see the steps that we have taken in trying to reduce the human-to-human interaction and have computerisation take place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities at the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) have moved to kick out the activities of unauthorised middlemen (\u201cGoro Boys\u201d) with the introduction of an automated system. 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