The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) says revenue from temporary vehicle registration stickers exceeded GH¢27 million between January and September 2026, surpassing the GH¢22 million recorded for all of 2025.
Chief Executive Julius Neequaye Kotey attributed the increase to reforms introduced to address revenue leakages in the distribution of temporary registration plates at Ghana’s ports. The DVLA replaced aluminium plates with tamper-proof digital stickers and introduced a requirement for every vehicle to receive a sticker before leaving the port.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, October 12, Kotey said the authority issued 134,000 stickers in the first nine months of 2026. In 2025, it issued 111,101 stickers, generating GH¢22 million; in 2024, 76,312 plates brought in GH¢15 million.
Kotey said the new system was designed to ensure revenue from the stickers reached the government. He did not provide an estimate of the losses under the previous arrangement or a breakdown of the leakages identified.
