Former Chief Executive of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has contested claims by the current Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, that the Authority’s recent revenue growth is solely attributable to his leadership.

In a Facebook post on Friday, August 22, Mr Nkansah stated that his assertions were based on documents from the former DVLA management which he has reviewed.

He argued that the credit for the improvements must go to the former management.

Mr Nkansah accused Mr Kotey of being disingenuous in a recent media interview, where the latter suggested that he had not inherited any initiatives from his predecessor.

According to him, the DP plate stickers project – which Mr Kotey has highlighted as the key driver of revenue growth – was designed and completed under the previous administration, with the rollout scheduled for early 2025.

Outlining a timeline, Mr Nkansah explained that in January 2024 the Ministry of Transport granted approval for the conversion of DP plates into digitalised stickers.

A vendor was subsequently engaged, designs were finalised, and a committee was established in May 2024 to oversee the project’s implementation.

By June 2024, an agreement had been signed with the manufacturers of the plates, and by November training sessions had been conducted for the police and other stakeholders in readiness for the launch.

Mr Nkansah stressed that the processes were fully concluded before the assumption of office of the current DVLA Chief Executive, who, in his view, only executed what had already been set in motion.

He emphasised that the substantial groundwork laid by Mr Edusei was what has resulted in the revenue growth, and urged that due credit be given where it is rightly due.