The Driver and Vehicle License Authority (DVLA) has cautioned members of the public, especially drivers against resorting to unorthodox means of acquiring driver’s license.
The DVLA insisted that it would not hesitate to arraign whoever is caught with fake license before the court of law.
Mr Justice M.Y. Amegashie, DVLA boss
The Greater Accra Regional License Officer of the DVLA, Abraham Tetteh, issued the stern warning last Monday in an exclusive interview with Today in Accra.
Mr Tetteh disclosed that his outfit has impounded over one thousand copies of fictitious driving licenses stressing that plans are afoot to prosecute bearers of those licenses.
He said it was even interesting to see some high profile military officers visiting the DVLA for renewal of their licenses, only for them to realise they were possessing fake licenses.
“We have had so many instances were senior military officers come to visit our offices with forged driving license to renew them, so the public should be very mindful of who they approach to process their license for them,” Mr Tetteh cautioned.
Furthermore, he explained that when one officer came to renew his license he became very surprised when he was told the license he was holding was not genuine.
The matter, according to Mr Tetteh, drew the attention of other applicants who wondered how a whole military officer could fall prey to such a scam.
He said although the sergeant initially challenged them to prove what was wrong with his driver’s license, he finally accepted his license was fake.
“When he challenged us we showed him that the records and it indicated that the person who came for the license although is a soldier but had a completely different name”, Mr Tetteh retorted.
He therefore seized the opportunity to caution drivers who come for license or renewals to be very wary of the activities of those he described as “Goro boys” operating at the premises.
He reiterated that it would be in the interest of drivers to use the accepted procedure, which he revealed, takes just three months for a person to go through all the mandatory requirements before one is issued with a license.
“A learner has to pay only GH¢55 meaning that in all, an applicant will have to pay GH¢75”, Mr Tetteh added.
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