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Drivers in the Upper West Region have been reminded about the fact that only the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has the mandate to issue drivers� licenses, and cautioned them against fake licences. The Regional Director of the DVLA, Mr. Emmanuel Klugah, said the DVLA was the mandated outfit to issue divers� licenses, and that the law frowns on the idea of faking drivers� licenses, saying �it is strongly prohibited by the laws of the land.� Drivers have, therefore, been cautioned to discard the idea of using unscrupulous means to acquire licences, which eventually turn out to be counterfeit. The Regional DVLA boss stated in an interview with The Chronicle that even the DVLA can issue the licence, only after the prospective driver had been tested variously to qualify him as a licenced driver. Mr. Klugah said one has to go through processes such as eye testing, written examination, and practical test to meet the requirements of the DVLA, before one is granted a drivers� licence. According to him, the introduction of the computerised examination was aimed at facilitating and fast tracking the examination process, thereby curbing human influence on the said exams. He said the introduction of the computer based written test, which every driver has to go through before acquiring a licence, is to ensure that only qualified drivers drive on our roads, pointing to safety and reduced carnage on our roads as some of the benefits to be derived from the effective implementation of the new system. Mr. Klugah noted that though the process is cumbersome and time consuming, the public has to bear with them, in order to get the system to function effectively. �We have been sensitising people who visit our yard not to deal with anyone who approaches them, claiming they can get them a drivers� license,� he said, and cautioned prospective drivers to go through the right channel to obtain their licences. Mr. Klugah indicated that the DVLA is desirous of ridding its premises of these unscrupulous people who cheat on members of the public and use the DVLA as a cover-up to perpetuate their nefarious acts. The Regional Director DVLA said in response to an enquiry that though it is difficult to control these unscrupulous drivers who do not have original drivers� licenses and operate with expired road worthy certificates, the DVLA Taskforce and Motor Traffic and Transportation Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service have been complementing their efforts, by inspecting drivers� licences and road worthy certificates periodically, with the aim of dealing with drivers who violate the DVLA regulations.