Deputy Minister bemoans poor handling of state assets

The Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has expressed dissatisfaction with the way state assets are handled. He said this in relation to the mobile machine used to test vehicles which had been abandoned because it was faulty.

The machine was imported by the previous government to enhance the operations of the Tema branch of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

Mr Titus-Glover expressed this resentment when he visited Tema DVLA  on Thursday as part of his familiarisation tour.

He interacted with customers who were at the branch office to find out their level of satisfaction with services provided at the place.

Generate revenue

“If we want to change the perception about DVLA, let us start from within because some of the staff contribute to the bad name of the DVLA in the public domain,” he mentioned.

The Deputy Minister called for a meeting which included former directors after he had inspected an abondoned machine and suggested repair in order to enhance operations of the outfit.

He noted that the abandoned machine could be repaired to work in order to generate enough revenue for the government, adding that after spending so much money to import the machine it should not be allowed to go waste

"The DVLA must work again, because I do not understand why this machine has been here for some years while we can repair it to generate enough revenue for the government,” he said.

Expressing disappointment at related issues, the Deputy Minister mentioned that, the DVLA stickers which were imported by the previous government but had been dumped somewhere, because fraudsters were said to be duplicating them, must be used.

“This will fetch money for the government. We should use them and take measures to track fraudsters who are duplicating some, because we cannot make them go waste,” he stressed.

He urged the staff of the DVLA to scale up measures to address some of the issues of fraud in order to generate enough revenue.

Redeem Image

Responding to the issue of the abandoned machine, the Manager of the Tema DVLA, Mr Daniel Ofei Bio, explained that he had been in office for barely a year and therefore did not have much information about the abandoned machine.

He noted, however, that the authorities of the DVLA were doing everything possible to erase the perception of corruption about the organisation. 

As part of redeeming the image of the DVLA, he said, there is a Public Address (PA) system mounted on the premises which gives information in four languages to customers to educate them about fraudsters as well as the work processes of the DVLA.

“We are doing our best to fish out the fraudsters and also make sure customers are not seen by fraudsters,” he said.

Mr Bio explained that with a staff of 58 made up of 38 regular workers and  20 service persons, the outfit’s aim was to generate revenue of GH₵ 3,247, 143 which represents 94 per cent of the target for the first quarter of the year.