DVLA-Ashanti educates public on delay in issuance of 2026 Number plates

The Ashanti Regional Bureau of the Drivers and Vehicles License Authority (DVLA) has explained why currently, it takes a week for one to receive a “number plate” in the Region.

Speaking in an interview with the The Chronicle, Mr. Jerry Aflabo, Ashanti Regional Manager of DVLA, disclosed that the Authority had plans to roll out a new-styled number plate with new features, embedded with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip, leveraging on technology to improve on the traceability of numbers, which should have taken effect on January 2, 2026.

He said the proposed roll out did not materialise due to the fact that Road Traffic Regulation (LI 2180, 2012), specifically Regulation 10, needed a parliamentary approval which was not obtained before Parliament went on recess.

The Regional Manager revealed that formerly his outfit and local embossers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on yearly basis, (1st January to December 31st) where plates were pre-embossed.

He said since the project had been awarded on contract, no such MoU was signed for the year 2026, because of the anticipated rollout of the new number plates.

The DVLA boss said the Contractor, is ready to start the rollout, and to emboss the number plates with the suffix “-26” as soon as Parliament gives the approval.

Mr. Aflabo further explained that to ensure quality as well as tackling duplication and “protection of brand”, the Contractor prefers the embossment be done at the manufacturer’s end in the capital, Accra, hence the delay in receiving the number plates immediately.

He explained that once the registration was done, an order would be made for the embossment in Accra and sent to Kumasi for distribution.

The Regional Manager indicated that the measure was a stocked-up one to readjust to the current situation and that if the parliamentary approval is obtained during the course of year, the new number plates would be rolled out.

“The rollout plan would eventually be communicated to the public”, he said.

He assured the public that there will be a machine for the embossment of the new-styled number plate eventually, thus reverting back to the old ways of getting a number plate instantly upon registration.

From Oswald P. Freiku, Kumasi

 

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