DVLA owes about $160m for a contract but nobody seems to know the company’s real work- CEO Kotey

DVLA owes about $160m for a contract however no person appears to know the corporate’s actual work- CEO Kotey

The Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey has revealed that an organization which signed contract with DVLA underneath his predecessor is anticipated to be paid an quantity of about $160 million for a three-year contract, but the precise work of the corporate is unknown.

Though he didn’t disclose the corporate’s identify, Mr. Kotey mentioned the corporate was contracted in 2023 to purportedly present monitoring system. Nonetheless, he mentioned no person appears to know the precise companies offered by the corporate however the DVLA owes the corporate about $160million and anticipated to be paid on the finish of 2025.

Talking in an interview on TV3’s Sizzling Points, Sunday, March 30, 2025 Julius Kotey famous that the contract and its particulars has since been forwarded to the Transport Minister, Joseph Bukari Nikpe for additional motion.

“There’s one which may be very alarming. There’s an organization which I cannot point out the identify, they’d an settlement with DVLA and anyone you ask doesn’t appear to know what the true work of the corporate is, they’re speculated to do some system monitoring and one thing and the Ministry of Finance is meant to pay about GHC 50 million yearly.

“We’re within the third yr and so they by no means paid any pesewa and we’re within the third yr and so they anticipate us to pay all these monies.

“The contract was signed in 2023 as far as we began with the identical software program on January 1, now we have dedicated into that contract to the top of the yr and its amounting to about 160 million Ghana cedis for that firm alone.

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“So I’ve despatched the contract to the sector minister who can be a member of parliament for Saboba then we take it and see what the problems are.

“As a result of we’re already doing the roadworthy so the system that comes with it I assumed it might be a mixed contract for us however they’re completely different,” he said.

Mr. Kotey additional disclosed that DVLA owes one other firm about $5 million which was contracted for provision of web companies. He described the corporate’s companies as “very poor” including that DVLA will assessment the contract with the corporate transferring ahead.

The contract with this firm was signed for 5 years in November 2024.

“There are three different firms that we’re coping with them in {dollars}. The opposite one gives us with web and in case you’ve been to our workplaces, you’ll perceive the soundness of the web there, very poor.

“I’m not right here to slant any firm, they’re offering us with the web and we’re going to assessment, it was simply signed in November 2024 and I feel it’s about 5 years contract.

“It’s very poor (the corporate’s service) while you go to DVLA and persons are in queue ready for service to be rendered to them it’s due to our system. The human capability is there however when the system will not be environment friendly, it doesn’t correlate with the human capability over there,” he added.

A 3rd firm, he mentioned is owed $12 million. In keeping with him, the corporate was contracted to offer a system for car registration by the DVLA.

Kotey disclosed that the contract was signed for $14 million however solely $2 million was paid on the time.

“The third firm has to do with the system that was procured for car registration. For the system that was procured for car registration, that system too all the contract was about $14 million and so they paid solely $2million leaving $12 million for us to come back and pay,” he famous.

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