DVLA Boss Stands by Plan to Formalize 'Goro Boys' Operations
Accra, Ghana - 01 April, 2025 - The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana's Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, is pushing for the formalization of 'goro boys,' unofficial intermediaries who facilitate vehicle registration and licensing services.
Kotey believes that instead of fighting these informal agents, the government should bring them under a regulated system to boost efficiency and transparency in the licensing process.
By integrating these agents into the system, Kotey argues that the government can provide clarity and fairness in service charges, even if not all informal operators are absorbed. This approach would involve training the 'goro boys' to operate within established guidelines, similar to agents at the port.
“Why don’t we regularise what they do? It is because we have been fighting them for the past years, and the story is the same. Why don’t we bring them on board? I am not saying we need to employ all of them, but we have to bring them on board and regularise what they do,'' he stated on the Citi Breakfast Show,
“So we tell them as an agent, you don’t charge beyond a certain amount. That is exactly what the ultra centre is doing, we can just be using language,” he stated.
“We are going to train them so we will be able to do away with what they do that we don’t agree with. There is going to be a clear-cut point on what they must do and what they cannot do, just like the way agents operate at the port,'' he added.
Source: Lead News Online
