DVLA SANCTIONS TESTING CENTRE FOR TWO REGIONS (PAGE 54)

The Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) in Takoradi has licensed Paa Tom Company Limited, a private company, to construct a vehicle testing station at Assorko Essaman in the Shama District to serve the Western and Central regions.
The project, estimated to cost GH ¢600,000, is to be completed within three months and start operation by the end of this year.
The station, which has been privatised, will be managed by the company on behalf of the DVLA.
The Managing Director of Paa Tom Company Limited, Mr Frank Tom Ackon, who led the Daily Graphic to inspect the project, said the DVLA had privatised the vehicle testing station, because it did not have enough equipment for testing vehicles.
He said modern equipment such as testers, exhaust gas analysers and suspension would be used for testing the vehicles, adding that “we are going to do the testing”.
According to Mr Ackon, the company would give the approval after vehicles had passed the test.
He said the vehicle owner would then go to the DVLA for the roadworthiness sticker.