DVLA is ensuring the smooth integration of RFID system with toll booths
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced plans to mount Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) billboards on major highways across the country as part of efforts to clamp down on illegal vehicle activities.
The Chief Executive Officer of the DVLA, Julius Neequaye Kotey, explained that the new technology will automatically detect unregistered vehicles and fake number plates.
Speaking on Accra-based TV3 on Sunday, January 25, 2026, Kotey said vehicles that pass the RFID billboards without valid registration will trigger alerts at the DVLA’s command centre.
“We’re going to do away with all this because there’s a cloning detector as part of the system. There are RFID billboards which will be mounted on various highways. If you are passing with a number that is not in our system, it sends a signal to our command centre,” he said.
He added that the DVLA is working closely with the Ghana Highway Authority to ensure the smooth integration of the RFID system with upcoming toll booths.
“The new toll booth is coming. We are in touch with the Ghana Highway Authority, and we need RFID chip-embedded number plates to be able to communicate with the toll system that is coming,” he noted.
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The new number plates, expected to be rolled out later this year, will be embedded with RFID chips to enhance security and improve road safety.
The system will also make it easier to identify vehicle owners and reduce revenue losses caused by uncustomed or illegally licensed vehicles.
Meanwhile, the DVLA has announced that vehicle owners whose cars were registered before 2023 will be required to pay GH¢25 to update their records on the Authority’s new digital system.
The DVLA’s Director of Driver Training, Testing and Licensing, Kafui Semevo, explained that the nationwide digital onboarding exercise will verify ownership of manually registered vehicles and prevent uncustomed vehicles from entering the system.
Vehicle owners will be required to present their vehicles, registration documents, customs declaration forms, and Ghana Card for biometric verification.
Successful onboarding will provide vehicle owners with a title certificate and an electronic registration card, which will become mandatory once the new licence plate policy is introduced.
Under the new system, vehicle owners will also be required to validate their number plates every two years.
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