The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) inaugurated its new office in the Bole Municipality of the Savannah Region to enhance service delivery to customers.
The facility will serve as a centre of excellence, providing a full range of DVLA services, including vehicle registration, licensing, renewals, compliance and enforcement, driver testing, and vehicle inspections.
Speaking at the inauguration, chief executive officer of DVLA Mr Julius Neequaye Kotey indicated that the office belongs to the people of Bole and the Savannah Region as a whole which the DVLA will want to ensure transparency in it's operations in the Region.
He however warned that overpayment and illegal charges in the operations of the authority will not be tolerated.
Mr. Julius Neequaye Kotey indicated further that the DVLA considered Bole for the establishment of the Savannah Regional DVLA office because a team of experts were in the region to investigate where was appropriate for more customers or more vehicles, tricycles and motorbikes which
Bole was seen as the suitable place for more vehicles, tricycles and motorbikes in the whole of Savannah Region.
"We are opening more branches nationwide so that people can deal directly with DVLA staff. There is no need for agents or middlemen,” he said.
He disclosed further that the Paramount Chief of the Bole Traditional Area, Bolewura Safo Kutugefeso has allocated to the DVLA 4 acres of land for the ultramodern edifice with the sod cutting is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks.
Mr Kotey used the opportunity to clarify that nobody can manipulate or influence any office of DVLA to be built anywhere he or she wants.
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and member of parliament for Bole-Bamboi Constituency Alhaji Yusif Sulemana in a speech indicated that he is much grateful to the President and the DVLA for the establishment of the office in Bole since so many opportunities including the creation of jobs will take place in the area following the operations of the office.
He tauted the swiftness of the President and the DVLA in the establishment of the office after he personally wrote to the DVLA prior to the coming into office of the NDC about the need to open their regional office in Bole.
He used the opportunity to assure the people of Bole that the Bole town roads would be constructed with every community having access to communication network by the Ministry of Communication.
A driving school, according to the MP would also be established in Bole as the DVLA regional office is situated in Bole.
The Bole DVLA office is the second to be commissioned under the Authority’s ongoing expansion agenda, following the opening of a similar facility in Adenta. Mr. Kotey revealed that several other offices will soon be established across the country to enhance accessibility and eliminate the need for middlemen.
