{"id":448689,"date":"2017-12-20T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/no-goro-boys-at-ho-dvla-samuel-lodonu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T15:30:31","slug":"no-goro-boys-at-ho-dvla-samuel-lodonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/20\/no-goro-boys-at-ho-dvla-samuel-lodonu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No \u2018goro\u2019 boys at Ho DVLA\u2019 &#8211; Samuel Lodonu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>todaygh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20916446.295.jpg\" alt=\"DVLA Boss\" title=\"DVLA Boss\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Lodonu is DVLA Volta Regional Manager<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513783831_10_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Volta Regional Manager, Mr Samuel Lodonu, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), said the Authority had cleared its offices of middlemen, commonly known as \u201cgoro boys\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said consequently, turnaround time had reduced drastically at the Authority, attracting clients from Accra, Tema and Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lodonu said this when the governing board of the Authority and the Chief Executive paid a working visit to their offices in Ho and other parts of the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, no one stays here for over 40 minutes for any service. Between 10 and 30 minutes, you\u2019 re done and this is because we have cleared the goro boys. We don\u2019t have goro license, so we cleared them after constructing our fence wall,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lodonu said, \u201cthe old DVLA is gone. No one can influence our examinations now, it is not possible, and there are receipts for every service and clients know what they are paying for and the cost, and we are happy about these\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive, DVLA, Mr Kwasi Agyeman Busia,commended the Ho office for the \u201cpositive change\u201d and cautioned workers against aiding \u201cgoro boys because the GHC30, GHC20\u201d could land them in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>He asked them to be open, not to resist change and treat customers with courtesy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe frank, nice and find a way of making clients feel better leaving than they came,\u201d Mr Busia said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Frank Davies, Board Chairman of the Authority, asked the staff to enhance their work ethic and not allow \u201cgoro boys\u201d to come back to the office.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 20 December 2017 Source: todaygh.com 2017-12-20 Samuel Lodonu is DVLA Volta Regional Manager Volta Regional Manager, Mr Samuel Lodonu, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), said the Authority had cleared its offices of middlemen, commonly known as \u201cgoro boys\u201d. 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