The Chief Executive Officer of the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has defended his proposal to formalise the operations of so-called ‘goro boys’—unofficial middlemen who facilitate vehicle registration and licensing services.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Kotey argued that rather than fighting these informal agents, the government should integrate them into a regulated system to improve efficiency and transparency in the licensing process.
He further emphasised that while not all informal operators could be absorbed into the system, a structured approach would provide clarity and fairness in service charges.
“Why don’t we regularise what they do? It is because we have been fighting them for the past years, and the story is the same. Why don’t we bring them on board? I am not saying we need to employ all of them, but we have to bring them on board and regularise what they do.
“So we tell them as an agent, you don’t charge beyond a certain amount. That is exactly what the ultra centre is doing, we can just be using language,” he stated.
He explained further to say: “We are going to train them so we will be able to do away with what they do that we don’t agree with. There is going to be a clear-cut point on what they must do and what they cannot do, just like the way agents operate at the port.”