Accra, May 7, GNA – The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has opened a state-of-the-art 24-hour service centre in Adentan near Accra in line with the Government’s public service transformation agenda.
The new office will offer all DVLA services related to driver licensing and vehicle registration and meet the diverse needs of the motoring public.
The opening of the Adentan Office, makes the DVLA one of the foremost public institutions to operationalise the Government’s 24-Hour Economy Policy.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr Julius Neequaye Kotey, DVLA Chief Executive, said the Adenta Office and the facilities therein formed part of strategic move to enhance service access and customer experience.
He said the addition of Adenta meant that the Authority now had 35 offices across the country, adding that the DVLA would deliver on the quest to make its services easily accessible to the public, irrespective of their location.
“This facility will serve as a centre of excellence, providing a full range of DVLA services—vehicle registration, driver licensing, renewals, compliance and enforcement, driver testing and vehicle inspections—operating on a 24-hour basis,” he said.
Mr Kotey said the DVLA was working diligently to develop modalities for the registration of excavators entering the country, in support of the national fight against illegal mining.
He said as part of measures to increase revenue, the Authority had replaced the issuance of aluminium DP plates with a new sticker-based DP identification system to curb their misuse.
Mr Joseph Bukari Nikpe, the Minister of Transport, commended the DVLA for embracing the Government’s transformative agenda in the transport sector.
He expressed confidence that the decentralisation of the DVLA’s services would bring relief to the public.
The Transport Minister said the operationalisation of the 24-hour service would help prevent the use of productive working hours to access essential public services.
Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, Deputy Chief of Staff in Charge of Administration, said the President was focused on delivering his promises to the people and that the resetting of the country would be experienced in different sectors.
She said the transformation of DVLA’s services formed part of the Government’s reset agenda and assured that the President would continuously account to the people and demonstrate his commitment to resetting the country.
“We are resetting and each and everyone should get involved in the resetting motion of the President,” she said.
GNA