Something as unglamorous as a vehicle sticker has turned into a serious revenue stream for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority.
CEO Julius Neequaye Kotey says the authority pulled in more than GH¢27 million from temporary registration stickers between January and September 2026, already topping what it made in the whole of 2025.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, Kotey walked through the figures year by year.
"In the entire year 2024, the government DVLA issued 76,312 DP plates, and that gave us revenue of GHC 15 million," he said.
"In 2025, we issued 111,101 stickers, and that gave us revenue of 22 million. In 2026, from January to September alone, we have done 134,000 DP stickers, and that has given us in excess of 27 million.
"So it is factual that revenue is on the increase." - CEO Julius Neequaye Kotey
The trajectory is hard to miss. Fifteen million, then twenty-two, now twenty-seven and climbing, with three months still left in the year.
What Changed
Kotey traced the jump back to a decision made early in his tenure, after the authority flagged what he called massive revenue leakages in how DP plates were being sold and distributed at Ghana's ports.
The fix was to scrap the old aluminium plates entirely and switch to tamper-proof digital stickers. "Upon assumption of office, we immediately replaced the aluminum plates with tamper-proof digital stickers," he said.
Under the new arrangement, no vehicle leaves the port without one. It's a simple enough rule, but Kotey credits it with closing gaps that were previously bleeding revenue away from government coffers.
What he didn't offer was a dollar amount, or cedi amount, for how much was actually lost under the old system.
No breakdown, no estimate, just the assurance that leakages existed and have since been sealed. For now, the improved numbers will have to speak for themselves.
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