DVLA launches new Vehicle Registration System

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has launched a new Vehicle Registration System to completely digitise and automate the vehicle registration process, which hitherto operated manually with significant challenges.

A statement signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency by Mr Francis Asamoah Tuffuor, the Manager of Public Relations, DVLA, said the new Vehicle Registration System was expected to streamline the registration process, prevent leakages, and eliminate potential duplications.

The System was in a pilot phase for several months in selected vehicle registration centres.

The Authority has also introduced new prefixes for the registration of vehicles in pursuance of Regulation 10, of the Road Traffic Regulation 2012, LI, 2180, the statement disclosed.

The new license plate prefixes are ‘AK’ for Bekwai-Ashanti, ‘AP’ for Mampong-Ashanti, ‘AC’ for Obuasi, and ‘BT’ for Techiman.

Others are ‘BW’ for Wenchi, ‘EN’ for Nkawkaw, ‘ES’ for Somanya, ‘VD’ for Denu and ‘WT’ for Tarkwa.

The statement explained that the introduction of additional prefixes was part and parcel of measures put in place to facilitate registration of vehicles and ease congestion at stations.

Customers were encouraged to visit the stations in close proximity to them for their preferred prefixes as well as DVLA offices to seek the assistance of DVLA staff and not middlemen.

According to the statement, the Authority had commissioned a rigorous investigation into an issue concerning vehicles with the same registration number that was shared on the social media couple of days ago.

It gave an assurance that the Authority would inform the public as soon as the initial investigations were completed.