{"id":698660,"date":"2019-09-04T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T16:52:16","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/yasem-nie-most-goro-boys-are-former-employees-at-dvla-passport-office-audio\/\">\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-imag"},"modified":"2019-09-04T16:52:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T16:52:16","slug":"yasem-nie-most-goro-boys-are-former-employees-at-dvla-passport-office-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/04\/yasem-nie-most-goro-boys-are-former-employees-at-dvla-passport-office-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Y\u2019asem Nie: Most \u2018Goro boys\u2019 are former employees at DVLA, Passport Office [audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/yasem-nie-most-goro-boys-are-former-employees-at-dvla-passport-office-audio\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DVLA-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"DVLA Goro boys\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The premises of the DVLA are usually inundated with &#8216;Goro boys&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=9TRGw9GmQAbyWSkwB\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>It has emerged that, middlemen known as \u2018Goro boys\u2019 stationed at the Registrar Generals Department, Passport Office and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) are former employees.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, these are former National Service Personnel who have turned middlemen, popularly known as \u2018Goro boys\u2019 due to the unemployment situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: \u2018Okada\u2019 men rescue six children from alleged kidnapper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Rockson Addei, a \u2018Goro boy\u2019, made this disclosure on \u2018<strong>Y\u2019asem Nie<\/strong>\u2019, a segment dedicated to listeners of Adom FM\u2019s morning show, <strong>Dwaso Nsem<\/strong>, Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the students, after their National Service, gained access to sensitive area at DVLA or passport office, thus, use their contacts to make money.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, due to the paperless system, Mr Addei said most of his colleagues now bring laptops to the passport office and do online registration for clients.<\/p>\n<p><strong> READ: Total South Africa halts operations over xenophobic attacks <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe offer speed to clients than the government institutions and they are prepared to pay because we are reliable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Citing himself as an example, he said he became a \u2018Goro boy\u2019 after working with the Ghana Water Company for many years due to the struggle in getting his birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p>After waiting for some months, eventually, he said a friend\u2019s aunty assisted him and immediately he became an agent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Come experience God through music \u2013 Daughters of Glorious Jesus to Adom Praiz lovers (Video)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom that time, I have been assisting people get their passports, birth certificates and other documentations and I\u2019m making money,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University graduate noted that delays, especially time spent to acquire driver\u2019s license or passport is promoting activities of the \u2018Goro boys\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t blame us for being \u2018Goro boys\u2019; we are simply solving a problem at a small fee,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana | Adomonline.com | Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The premises of the DVLA are usually inundated with &#8216;Goro boys&#8217; It has emerged that, middlemen known as \u2018Goro boys\u2019 stationed at the Registrar Generals Department, Passport Office and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) are former employees. 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