Joseph Bukari Nikpe, the Minister of Transport, has asked that all rickety vehicles that are not roadworthy be removed from Ghana’s roads.
He has directed the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the Ghana Police Service to enforce this directive.
The Minister says all vehicles should be duly inspected before awarded a roadworthy certificate, adding that the police should ensure those already on the roads be taken out.
“As a government, we will need to sit down on getting rickety cars off the roads. I have had conversations with the DVLA that any vehicle that is not inspected properly should not be given a roadworthy certificate. But it goes beyond them. The police should come in and be able to take out that vehicle as well,” he said on Citi FM Thursday, October 2, 2025.
The Minister further warned against the involvement of middlemen popularly known as ‘goro boys’ who facilitate roadworthy certificate acquisition for vehicles without undergoing the requisite inspection.
He said the government is expanding DVLA offices across the country to improve access and eliminate such practices.
“DVLA should not give a roadworthy certificate to any vehicle when they have not seen it. If they have seen it and it is not roadworthy, it should not be certified,” he added.
He also noted that government is working on adding more vehicles into the state-run transport services to reduce the dependence on unsafe vehicles.
“We should take it upon ourselves as a government to bring in more vehicles to support Metro Mass Transport, STC and others to be able to service more people. If they have the alternatives, they will not be moved to enter those rickety cars,” Nipke intimated.
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