The Government will soon commence the re-registration of all vehicles plying in the country in line with the provisions of the Road Traffic Regulations 2012, and for proper inventory.
The move, which would be done by the Ministry of Transport in collaboration with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), would enable Ghana to obtain a comprehensive inventory of vehicles and to ensure that the right fuels were sourced to fuel them and to save the environment from being polluted by vehicular emissions.
The re-registration exercise has become necessary because, currently in the country, there is no accurate inventory on the kind of vehicles plying our roads in spite of the fact that road transport continued to be the dominant mode of transportation, accounting for over 95 per cent of all domestic transport mode.
Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport who announced this in Accra in a speech read on his behalf, said the Ministry was collaborating with other sector Ministries including; the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, as well as the Ministry of Energy and other agencies.
It would ensure that the transport sector becomes efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly.
Mr Asiamah was speaking at a day’s workshop on Vehicle Inventory and Policy Options for Fuel Economy Standards in Ghana.
The Workshop organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the UN Environment, and other local partners at Amasaman, near Accra, was meant to disseminate the Vehicle Inventory report and to share Results of Policy Strategies for implementing Fuel Economy Standards in Ghana.
Fuel Economy is the relationship between the distance travelled and the amount of fuel consumed and that was dependant on a number of factors including; the engine size, traffic conditions and the nature of the fuel, Mr Asiamah explained.
He said currently, Ghana had no specific fuel economy policy or regulations, but there were few policies that related to fuel economy which included; import taxation, vehicle valuation, fuel quality, and over-aged penalty among others.
He said it was worrying that current fiscal regime and customs directive made it cheaper to import used vehicles than new and efficient ones, while the less quality of fuels in the country do not also support the introduction of a more efficient vehicles into the Ghanaian market.
“These are issues that should be further considered in the development of the policy options so that we are able to come out with a document that is workable and will yield results”, he told the stakeholders attending the workshop.
He urged the participants to consider options that were available to reform the custom directives to attract the import of energy efficient and clean vehicles, such as electric and hybrid vehicles, and also discuss what fiscal measures could be employed to incentivised efficient technologies and discourage inefficient ones.
He expressed hope that the outcome of the workshop would be very informative to the on-going review of the National Transport Policy, which was in its finalisation stage.
Source: GNA
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Unbelievable........what? Who says man no dey? This is uncalled for. You mean data? Even with that, the results will be chaotic? This will give middlemen and other people chance to increase our corruption index. Data gathering and capture can be done after every renewal and within a year or two, this can be completed.
NOTHING MAKES SENSE IN THIS COUNTRY ANYMORE..AND WHERE FROM THE VERY SHAMEFUL MOVE...PLEASE IF YOU ARE LOST OF IDEAS YOU SHOULD BETTER RESIGN...I CANT BELIEVE..NANA I THINK YOUR APPOINTEES ARE NOT GOOD..YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Who koraa is in charge of Ghana? Everyday we hear bad ideas and policies. Another plan to steal from the ordinary Ghanaian. Aabbaaa!!!
Whaat? After the car has been registered with its model, chasis number and even color? Please don't make this country a sh*t country.
This is an absolute needless exercise concocted to siphon monies Ghanaians. There's no way a re-registration will give an accurate count of cars/vehicles on the roads. Did whoever promulgated this idea take time to think a little bit to realize that Ghana is part of ECOWAS so all vehicles from member countries are allowed to drive in Ghana for at least 90 days. How will re-registration capture number of ECOWAS vehicles at anytime ? darrrrrrrrr
We would have loved to see all options to address this issue. What constitutes re-registration? Is numeric statistical counting or just paperwork? The lack of details could result in confusion? In any case, I hope car owners will not be asked to pay any fee for this exercise. If it is just to identify the type of fuel used by various vehicles, then I suggest the exercise is contracted to the National Service Scheme. It can be done within a month if the data collection design is done properly and electronically.
we told you the dwaf cant rule Ghanan what a shithole leaders nothing inovation my GOD
At whose cost?
I don't understand this, why re-register all vehicles, minister Cam again explain further
Sometimes one wonder what kind of people do we appoint at all . It's like there's nothing in their coconut. What a the essence either to reap the citiZen off money then what else. Why as the essence of this ***barred word*** when there's opportunity to take data every time one goes for renewal of his road worthy. I mean can't we think. ***barred word*** data u need collate it each time a vehicle is renewing their road worthy.what's the point in re registration