The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has said that it is collaborating with the National Identification Authority (NIA) on the introduction of its new driving license and vehicle registration smart card.<\/p>\n
According to the Director of\u00a0Driver Training Testing and Licensing of the DVLA, Alhaji C.W. Musah, it is important for the two bodies to cooperate in order to prevent the duplication of cards.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Tk1NfMWTIsxphqVhNxzHCfPc3ytV8imq”]He added that, a synchronization of efforts of the two entities will help prevent the issuance of fake drivers’ licenses as well.<\/p>\n
“The drivers\u2019 license can be\u00a0linked with\u00a0other documents, but the license, by international regulations, is not comparable with other documents. If there are other national documents as in other jurisdictions, you can always link your driver\u2019s license to those jurisdictions, and the licenses we are producing now will link with those jurisdictions. It will help us do a lot of corrections,” he said on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n “There are people who have got multiple documents and the same identity. When the National ID comes on, we\u2019ll be able to verify whether that person is really who they claim to be and whether they are in the national ID system. We\u2019ll be able to pull from the biodata and process it. It complements each other so we are working hand-in-hand.”<\/p>\n The new license will contain a contactless chip loaded with the owner’s bio-data and the driver’s personal information for secure identification.<\/p>\n It will also make use of state-of-the-art-technology; for secure ID printing that can be easily integrated with other systems of the DVLA.<\/p>\n Acquiring the new driver\u2019s license will attract an additional Gh\u20b591 separate from the present charges on all other services including replacement (Gh\u20b564 + Gh\u20b591 = Gh\u20b5155), new license (Gh\u20b5166 +Gh\u20b591 = Gh\u20b5257) and transferring a foreign license to Ghanaian one (Gh\u20b5364 + Gh\u20b591 = Gh\u20b5445).<\/p>\n \u201cIt will have improved security. It comes with improved and guaranteed security of card and data, as well as a unique design that depicts the rich culture of the country,\u201d the Deputy CEO of the Authority, Kwame Appiah Kubi had\u00a0said early on.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has said that it is collaborating with the National Identification Authority (NIA) on the introduction of its new driving license and vehicle registration smart card. According to the Director of\u00a0Driver Training Testing and Licensing of the DVLA, Alhaji C.W. Musah, it is important for the two bodies to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":164783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[1095,3,1594],"yoast_head":"\n