Car owners rush for 2018 number plates in Kumasi

Car owners in Ashanti regional capital Kumasi in are in a mad rush to register their vehicles in order to obtain the 2018 number plates at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) at Airport roundabout in Kumasi.

There has been a long queue of vehicles whose owners are waiting for their turn to register them, meanwhile, some of the car owners have complained that though they had presented their documents earlier, they were yet to get their registration documents and numbers.

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Others however accused authorities at the DVLA office of favouritism as they’re quick in serving car owners they know.

“Some of us came here around 4:30 am today but as we are talking now we haven’t gotten our registration numbers. We are urging them to speed up their work because we’ve come from very far places. We will also take this opportunity to appeal to authorities at DVLA to allow we the car owners to pay our money for registration to any bank to help reduce the long queue” some car owners lamented said.

Deal directly with DVLA staff

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has asked the public to deal directly with staff of the Authority and avoid middlemen or “Goro boys”.

According to Francis Asamoah Tuffuor, Public Relations Manager of the DVLA said the beginning of January has always been the peak period for the Authority, where middlemen popularly called ‘goro boys and girls’ defraud innocent people, under the pretext of facilitating the processing of their documents.

“Unknowingly, some clients give their documents to such people with the belief that they will facilitate the processes for them. Unfortunately, the customers end up being given fake documents by these middlemen, such as fake number plates, fake licences, fake roadworthy certificates amongst others”, the release said.

The Authority is, however, urging clients who desire to transact business, to go to any of the DVLA offices or the Private Vehicle Testing Stations where services would be directly rendered to them, the release said.

It said the Authority had in the past, received complaints of clients who were defrauded, through giving their documents or money to people, to ‘fast track’ the processing of their documents.

The Authority also wishes to announce to the public, that Premium and Prestige Centres are available, where services are rendered swiftly, it said, adding that, interested clients should contact these Centres when needed.

 

 

 

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