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Media reports indicate that the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Driver, Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mrs. Mabel Sagoe has been fired.
She lost her job in circumstances thought to be associated with the recent hullabaloo that greeted the seizure of vehicles from outgoing political office holders.Her position has been taken over by the man who acted as head of the Authority during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, Justice Amegashie.Mr. Amegashie's return to the DVLA, then known as VELD, is seen in NDC circles as the return of old guards to sensitive but lucrative positions, just like Kofi Putorphy staged a comeback to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).Mrs. Sagoe, a civil servant, who took over from Hon. Joseph Owusu, was the subject of a heated controversy when some NDC elements embarked on what later became a sour car-seizing cxercise in Accra.Her interview was said to have given a clearer picture of what some persons sought to explain as a massive attempt at transferring the ownership of government vehicles.The alleged irregularities turned out to be a storm in a teacup, a situation which embarrassed government.It would be recalled that two members of the former First Family had their cars taken away from them several kilometers away from home.Chief Kufuor, son of the former President, and Madam Theresa Kufuor, former First Lady, were two of the victims of the N DC raids, apart from a former deputy minister.Chief Kufuor's four wheel drive, which actually belonged to George Kufuor, his uncle, was impounded at the DVLA premises when he (Chief) took it there for a renewal of the MOT certification.The Managing Director of Barclays Bank was also a victim of the haphazard seizure of cars, but he had his Chrysler returned to him when it was discovered later that the action was a goof.A directive which was issued and posted on the notice board at the DVLA offices asked that all such transfers be routed through the Chief Director at the Office of the President.Mrs. Sagoe was a Director, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Transport before being attached to the DVLA.She was directed to act as head of the Authority soon after Mr. Owusu won the parliamentary seat of Bekwai in the Ashanti Region in the recent general elections.Source: Daily Guide
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