Almost three months later, Mr Busia said the decision was yielding dividend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe old road worthiness system was much compromised. The software was a stand alone, which means that a \u2018goro boy\u2019 could print the fake ones at home and sell to people. Now what we have is a web version that is more secure with radio frequency identification in there. It is a much secure document.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, for instance, if I scan your road- worthiness, it comes to our database, and if it is not in our system, it will say \u2018fake\u2019. We did not have it before. The reason we were bleeding was that the software was compromised and the \u2018goro boys\u2019 took advantage of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Licence<\/strong><\/p>\n Turning his attention to driving licences, the DVLA boss said the situation where the DVLA struggled to provide timeous licences was over, adding that the authority had become more efficient, a development that had prevented \u2018goro boys\u2019 from thriving because of lapses in the system.<\/p>\n He said with the current system, the\u00a0 longest period applicants could wait for their licences was four weeks.<\/p>\n He said\u00a0 the Prestige Centre at the authority\u2019s head office, for instance, issued licences within 30 minutes, while the premium service took two weeks and standard applicants received their licences within four weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are encouraging people to get the new licences because the old one is compromised. We are not forcing people to do it. All driver\u2019s licences will change to the new one and so why not get the new one now at the old price?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n Printing in-house<\/strong><\/p>\n He said the authority had acquired the best in terms of technology (laser printing and engraving) to print the licences to put them ahead of duplicators.<\/p>\n Mr Busia further explained that the DVLA used to deal with third parties that printed the licences and in the process misplaced data submitted.<\/p>\n But, he said, the new system, which operates an enterprise software, enables the licence to be printed within.<\/p>\n According to him, the DVLA now has the capacity to print at least 1,500 licences daily.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, daily applications are less than 1,000.<\/p>\n Rickety vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Busia said rickety vehicles were on the roads because \u2018goro boys\u2019 had found ways to clone licences.<\/p>\n To nip that in the bud, he said, the DVLA had connected its systems to 13 out of 14 testing centres where the results were transmitted to the authority in real time.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to use every step of the way to beat them. That is how we are solving it. We are getting to a point where they are integrated. We know some people can\u2019t afford to buy, for example, vehicle parts from Germany but could comfortably buy parts from China, but we have a protocol that everything has to pass DVLA standards.<\/p>\n \u201cThe DVLA receives data on the number of vehicles that passed or failed the test and their particulars,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n First aid kit<\/strong><\/p>\n The Ministry of Transport recently stopped the sale of DVLA-branded first aid kits to the motoring public because of public anger at the cost.<\/p>\n But Mr Busia, who apologised to the public for the storm the issue generated, said while it was to fulfil an act of the law, the authority failed to educate the public on the need for the kits.<\/p>\n He, however, denied claims that the authority had imported the kits and was selling them for GH\u00a2108 and maintained that it was the product of a private company that was sold for GH\u00a284.45 because of 17.5 per cent tax and 15 per cent for the DVLA\u2019s mobilisation and deployment.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Graphic.com.gh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has recorded an astronomical jump in revenue from its road worthiness certificate renewals in January after the implementation of its smart card system. The authority collected GH\u00a219.8 million from roadworthiness certificate renewals from January 1 to 25, this year, as against a little more than GH\u00a22.6 million recorded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":396158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[1095,3,3669],"yoast_head":"\n