The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, urged the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mr. Julius Neequaye Kotey, to do what is right to correct wrongs at the Authority.

Particularly, he underscored the urgent need for steps to be taken to address the illegal acquisition of driver’s licenses to ensure that only qualified drivers use vehicles.

The traditional ruler made the call when Mr Kotey led a team from the DVLA on a courtesy call to his palace at Kaneshie in Accra on Monday (March 17). Mr Kotey’s visit was to officially introduce himself to the Ga Mantse as the new CEO of the DVLA and to seek his blessing to discharge the mandate given to him by President John Dramani Mahama.

The Ghana Traditional Council (GTC) also offered special prayers for Mr Kotey and other top officials of the DVLA who accompanied him. During the visit, pertinent issues in the road sector that relates to the Authority mandate such as proper licensing of drivers, enhanced vehicle registration, weeding out quacks in the authority’s activities and deployment of innovative strategies to bring sanity to the roads were discussed.

Mr Kotey assured the Ga Mantse that he would live above reproach and ensure that stricter processes were followed in the acquisition of licences because road safety was largely dependent on the quality of drivers. He added that efforts would be made to do away with middlemen who abused the vehicle licensing process.