A/region: 70% of private vehicles registered illegally

Over 70 per cent of private vehicles registered in the Ashanti Region last year did not go through the due process of inspection and testing.

The Ministry of Transport last year mandated S Class Services Limited, operators of Vehicle Inspection and Technical Organisation (VITO), a private company, to test the roadworthiness of vehicles and issue roadworthy certificate to them.

This implies that the DVLA cannot give road worthy certificate to drivers without the driver going through the due process.

The purpose of testing and inspecting the vehicles is to ensure that the vehicles are roadworthy, as well as facilitate the safety of car owners, drivers and passengers as well.

Its processes include identification, documentation, payment for inspection and testing.

The director of administration at VITO, Samuel Konadu, who disclosed this at a press conference in Kumasi, added that the number of vehicles which were registered by the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority did not tally with the number they had inspected.

Blaming it on the activities of Goro boys, with the support and connivance of some officials of the DVLA, Mr Konadu called on the DVLA to look into the matter and bring the culprits to book.

The Chief Executive of VITO, Mr Samuel Oppong, said government loses 45 to 50 per cent revenue due to the activities of the goro boys.