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Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor has challenged public transport drivers to bring some sanity on our roads as well as the transportation system to correspond with the growth of the economy.

She was commenting on decision by commercial drivers to protest the new licensing policy by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

The commercial drivers described the new licensing policy as “frustrating” and demand it should be abolish.

But Dzifa Attivor said on Citi FM that “If we say we are a lower middle income country, we must improve upon our public transport system. Our economy is growing, if we are not careful, this will bring the city to a halt and we will not even be able to move. When we are growing, we have to adopt certain actions that will lead to the overall benefit of the economy. We need to put some sanity on our roads…we need to put some sanity in the system. So they have to understand us. If they have their concerns they should come to us”.


DVLA last year hinted that it would no longer register commercial vehicles with no seat belts for passengers.

The acting Chief Executive, Rudolph Beckley clarified that the new directive is in conformity with Section 119 of the Road Traffic Regulation Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180 which will help achieve a 50 percent reduction in deaths and serious injuries associated with vehicular accidents by 2020.

But commercial drivers insist that decision not to register commercial vehicles with no seat belts for passengers is unacceptable.

However, the transport minster condemned the protest after urging the aggrieved drivers to exercise patient.

“The DVLA and Road Safety have engaged the GPRTU on the new computerized system…I know a lot of discussions went on. They went on to meet drivers at the union level. So maybe because they are not a recognized body under the GPRTU system that is why they did not get the chance to meet the DVLA. Maybe, it could be the reason,” she said.