New laws to guide renewal of drivers’ license

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  • Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

    THe department is very corrupt and totally incompetent.

  • PROPHET AZANGO-BEE 11 years ago

    GHANA IS A COUNTRY THAT IS DROWNING IN ITS OWN FILTH. THE KORLE LAGOON IS CLEANER THAN THE MORALITY OF THIS GODFORSAKEN COUNTRY OF GREEDY, SELFISH, DANGEROUS PEOPLE

  • moyo 11 years ago

    The govt and for that matter Parliament should come out with Laws that makes it compulsory to undertake Road Worthy test every year. This will help to minimise the road accidents.

  • ATSU, HO 11 years ago

    WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS WILL ONLY BENEFIT DVLA AND DEFINITELY NOT THE NATION. THIS IS SAD JUST MORE ROOM FOR CORRUPTION. IF THERE SHOULD BE A TEST THEN IT MUST NOT BE BY THE TERRIBLE INSTITUITION.

  • Ghana 11 years ago

    These corrupt fools tried to swindle $150 from me to give me a 2-year Ghana license. It cost me a whole $29 for my 4-year US license. They are so clueless they wanted to see my "United States" licence and not a Pennsylvania l ...
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  • Kwabena Aboagye 11 years ago

    This arrangement is very stupid and a move to institutional corruption at the DVLA. Will the CEO and the Directors at the DVLA also attend the course when their Driving Licences expire?
    Will the President and his Vice and th ...
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  • Kululu 11 years ago

    school for drivers not a bad idea though or two years renewal of driving license are all pretext to widen the corruption and bribery network.

  • Kululu 11 years ago

    school for drivers? not a bad idea though and two years mandatory for renewal of driving licenses are all pretext to widen the corruption and bribery network for the dvla boys.

  • K'4 11 years ago

    This is a big step to test & improve on driver skills especially road signs, most of these drivers I believe buy DL's from these Goro boys, hence driving carelessly and above all killing ppl.

  • DAN 11 years ago

    motorbike/cars/ and commercial trucks..all are required to have road test with exam tester present in car/truck...only biker is giving a parking lot test

  • K'4 11 years ago

    Use ur head aboa

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

    go and find your JSS classmates.

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

    Go and find your JSS classmates!!! Did you complete JSS successfully?

  • Ayaatse 11 years ago

    Just another attempt to increase the bureaucracy. The best thing will be to tighten the processes fro acquisition first time. Stop wasting people's time

  • PROPHET AZANGO-BEE 11 years ago

    NAA WAA FOR YOU GHANANIAN PEOPLE O! SEE ME TROUBLE O! E BE LIKE SAY YOU PEOPLE DON SEE THE LIGHT AND YOU ARE STEALING WAA WAA WAA..CHOPPING NYAFU NYAFU NYAFU NYAFU…GHANANIAN WOMEN TOO BE CHEAP LIKE TOMATOES..YOU CAN FUCK A ...
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  • DAN 11 years ago

    that what they are in usa. and some can be renewed on internet..only people with health problems like diabetes or eye problems (old age too) should have shorter renewal times...like earlier post says just time to collect anot ...
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  • Nii Joromi 11 years ago

    Don't even bother to compare what goes on in civilised USA to filthy and corrupt Ghana.

  • Paul 11 years ago

    This is another avenue for corruption. I wonder why Ghanaians can't get away from this. Why testing every two years? How often are the technical officers also tested? Forget about this and rather streamline the acquisition ra ...
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  • TT 11 years ago

    SICK TO LEADERS OF THIS NATIONS AND BORROWING FROM IMF, CHINESE, WORLD BANK AND LOOT FROM SUCH MONIES, RAWLINGS DID IT AND MAHAMA IS GOING TO DO. ALL GHANA RESOURCES BEEN MORTGAGE BY USELESS, CORRUPT, GREED LEADERS OF THIS NA ...
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  • goza gotoro 11 years ago

    Department of Goro-Boys and Roundly Corrupt Officials.'Your Safety Our Concern' should be updated as 'Your Safety Our POCKETS'

  • Special T 11 years ago

    Please, do not create another avenue for DVLA staff to take bribes. Mr Musah, before our Maker I know very you were all part of the bad practice at DVLA . It should be increased from 2 to 10years

  • BRANDY 11 years ago

    THIS IDEA IS EXTREMELY STUPID, WHY NOT WAIT TILL A LICENSED DRIVER BREAKS A TRAFFIC RULE BEFORE SUBJECTING HIM OR HER TO TRAINING AGAIN?......BUT TO SUBJECT A LICENSED DRIVER TO ANOTHER TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS IS VERY VERY V ...
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  • Aku Jasikan 11 years ago

    WHAT NONSENSE IS THAT, RENEW LICENSE IN EVERY 2 YEARS, WHAT A FOOLISH IDEA? THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ABILITY TO DRIVE PROPERLY OR NOT, I LIVE IN LONDON AND I DO NOT PRACTICE AGAIN SINCE HAVING MY LICENSE 10 YEARS AGO, YOU ONLY ...
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  • nana 11 years ago

    hmmm.this little minded people again.what is new about driving today compared to the fifties
    passing your exam doesn't make u a good student
    the mttu shd just be up and doing and check recasutrant drivers and take a look at ...
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  • BabaUS 11 years ago

    Great Idea, but two years is too short. I think every four years is better. Good job.

  • OBURONIBA FITAFITA 11 years ago

    Taking three hours of millions of workers time is substantially high enough to impose additional strain on the ailing and diminutive national economy. Shooting from the hip policies without first studying the over-all effect ...
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  • Ben 11 years ago

    This is only going to increase the corruption at the DVLA offices across the nation. Get the examinations or the road tests done right at the first time and set 60 years as limiting age to have drivers reassessed for cognitiv ...
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  • Justman 11 years ago

    THIS IS A TOTALLY USELESS INSTITUTION.
    A CORRUPT LAW BY CORRUPT OFFICIALS FOR CORRUPT INSTITUTION. SHAME ON YOU.

  • pope 11 years ago

    this is ridiculous, how 2 years is too short for a licence renewal. it is waste of money and resources on the customer even developed countries have it for 5 years so why cant we have it that way.

  • LULA 11 years ago

    ONLY NDC HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO MANAGE GHANA. WELLL DONE

  • USMAN 11 years ago

    ... Because the useless university graduates are still in-charge.

  • Senyo 11 years ago

    This is completely unneccesary as it would only open more avenues for goro boys. The current process even with renewal is so cumbersome it takes an average of 90 minutes to renew. Productivity is our problem and if would not ...
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  • AUTHORITY 11 years ago

    Chance for DVLA officials to take bribe again.its useless move. Subject new poeple who want to take license to such trinning.primary school ideas.

  • Mame Amma 11 years ago

    Look into marking the roads too. Check on the so called contractors and add this to their contracts. Faded or no road markings or signs makes driving a 'NIGHTMARE' in Ghana.

  • Driver 11 years ago

    The DVLA is surely created another channel for the people to be looted.
    The problem we have now is not that genuine drivers were not well trained. It is rather that most of the licenses issued were not legally acquired. We ...
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  • Darling boy 11 years ago

    I expect and agree on this issue on new law for renewal but tackling our bad road before.We want walk in steps of other genius contries,they tackle their road pot holes,upgrade their faulty roads,with driving signs,reflectors ...
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  • Yamba 11 years ago

    If this exercise is not only for raising revenue, please increase the interval. 3 hours every 2 years for people who have driven for 10-50 years Is a waste of productive time.

  • XXXXXXXXX 11 years ago

    This is so stupid

  • KWABENA 11 years ago

    DVLA is on it again. This is another ploy to extort monies from drivers. DVLA's existing is useless. Stop devising ways of duping drivers.

  • Einstein! 11 years ago

    Do you have the resources every two years? Which category of drivers. Will this include MPs, Ministers, military, police personnel. SUpreme court judges. Can you imagine ministry of health saying that every two years we shoul ...
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  • Togbe 11 years ago

    Another avenue to collect bribes. It took six months. Nov 2013-April 2014 to get a replacement of my old drivers license in Kumasi. How long will it take if one does not pay a bribe to renew a drivers license.

  • Togbe 11 years ago

    Another avenue to collect bribes. It took six months. Nov 2013-April 2014 to get a replacement of my old drivers license in Kumasi. How long will it take if one does not pay a bribe to renew a drivers license.

  • EZEKIEL 11 years ago

    On the whole, I'll say we are TOO NEGATIVE IN OUR OUTLOOK TO EVERY ISSUE.
    The Blackman's RESPONSE to every problem/suggestion is that "IT WILL NOT WORK" !!
    When do we also start asking....HOW CAN WE MAKE IT TO WORK ????
    Th ...
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  • jamilah 11 years ago

    money talks oh u just dash the cops cash and ur on ur way

  • C C 11 years ago

    Why cant all drivers licenses be renewed on line or at the various post offices across the country?

  • Daasebre -U.K 11 years ago

    The Director,Mr. Musah may agree that regular driving makes a Driver gain driving-experience. The dangerous- drivers on our roads are those who pay huge sums of money to his DVLA staff,to acquire Driving Licence, without goi ...
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  • Alhaji Gariba yatiyati Kumasi 11 years ago

    Why this again? Just to frustrate law abiding Ghanaians.Could u believe renewal of roadworthy certificate alone takes over 3 precious hours if one is not willing to bribe his way thro goro boys. Another way to milk us dry.God ...
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  • Cynthia 11 years ago

    Better for five years

  • Abugre John 11 years ago

    What is this man saying? Is he joking or he is serious? If he is talking about drivers who have been involved in an accident to under go training I can understand but not every driver!!! This is the most weird contemplation I ...
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  • JM 11 years ago

    YHEY JUST CREATING MORE AVENUES FOR CORRUPTION.TJIS IS WASTE OF TIME AND SENSELESS SUJUSTION

  • Joe 11 years ago

    Govt stop looting

  • Joe 11 years ago

    This policy is extremely shoddy. I think renewal of licenses should be extended to every four years and not two.

    Our policy formulators churn out policies that have corrupt undertones.

  • kwame 11 years ago

    It is another opportunity to cheat!

  • Genuine Observer 11 years ago

    Won't our leaders ever get out of corrupt practices? All they think about is what next for money grabbing. How can one who is good enough to drive forget how to do so in two years?

  • military man 11 years ago

    Author:military man

    Date:2014-05-12 19:34:34

    Comment to:Accident claims one life at Apam Junction


    To be truthful, I think all Ghanaian drivers need more training in how to drive safely.

    I know the conditions of ...
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  • zewuze 11 years ago

    the best thing to do if the license is to renew the license every 2 yrs for the owners of the license should do the renewal in person. Would the "BIG" guys do this is person or they would send their subordinates to do that fo ...
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  • Kaku 11 years ago

    This is a very stupid idea and will not work.

    Stop giving the license to people who have not been to driving schools to learn in the first place and punish the police who take bribes.

  • ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

    WHAT IS NEW ON GHANA ROADS ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN?

    this stupidity is not done anywhere in the developed world- parliament must reject this .

    what is normaly done is whereby there is an accident which the road expert ...
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