The Upper East Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicles Licensing Authority says it has met its last year’s target.
Mr Al-Rashid Mohammed, the regional director disclosed to word news that his office was able to register over 20,000 motorists and out of this figure, 19,680 motorbikes were registered, while 320 covered that of vehicles.
Mr. Al- Rashid Mohammed added that the region exusted its last year’s treshold of 19,099 prefix number of plates. “ last year, we exhausted the US prefix, but because the year was almost ending, we have to borrow from Wa. we took a hundred plates from our branch in Wa, so in our system, you see UN that is from Wa.
With the motorbikes, most people in the region use motorbikes as the population increases, when we pick one prefix like the UE , we register motors up to 9,099 and shift to a different prefix that is why we shift from UE to US”
He added that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority made a significant achievement due to the vigorous education the outfit made over the years and because of the opening of new branches in Bawku, Zebila, Navrongo and Pelungu.
He noted that the unwillingness of people to get motor ridding licenses as well as renewal of road worthy is still the biggest challenge of the DVLA in the region.
Source :mywordfmonline.com/ Gaspard Ayuureneeya.