Vehicle Embossment Association of Ghana(VEMAG) has withdrawn the Court case that injuncted the DVLA from rolling a new digital number plate without consultation with VEMAG.
VEMAG Convener, Mr. Joojo Bruce Quansah
Addressing a news conference in Accra on Monday,VEMAG Convener, Mr. Joojo Bruce Quansah explained that the decision to withdraw the court case was necessitated following an amicable resolution with the DVLA Boss.
“Below is the full statement
Vehicle Embossment Association of Ghana
Early this year, 27 members of VEMAG went to the Accra High Court to seek an interlocutory injunction on the DVLA for lack of consultations with VEMAG in the implementation of Ghana’s first digitalized vehicle number plates.
In the wisdom of our Lawyers, with the collaboration of other Lawyers, we decided to settle the matter out of Court, since it is not in our character to fight our employer, the DVLA.
It is for this reason that we, the 27 members of VEMAG, have resolved to withdraw the case we filed against the DVLA out of court after consultations with all the Lawyers involved.
We are by this Press Conference informing all our stakeholders, especially the motoring public, of our decision to discontinue our legal tussle with the DVLA and apologize for any inconvenience our litigation has caused them.
To buttress our resolve on the issue, let me give you a little background on why we decided to go to court. We were forced to take legal action because we did not have enough information to allay our fears of losing our jobs, hence our panic reaction that led to the unfortunate litigation with the DVLA.
Knowing what we know now, after discussions with Hon Julius Niiquaye Kotey, the Chief Executive Officer of the DVLA, it would not have been necessary to pursue any Court action, and we sincerely regret our action.
We would like to assure the Management of DVLA, especially the CEO, Hon. Julius Niiquaye Kotey, that we harbor no animosity against their person nor the organization and hope that we can chart a path of cordiality in our future dealings.
We hope the DVLA Management would understand where we are coming from and erase any blot on our relationship with the organization, and also, not to see our action as a reflection of our usual conduct.
To members of the public, we would like to ask for the forgiveness of those who have suffered some form of inconvenience as a result of our Court action and promise them a better service than we have given them in the past, now that the management of DVLA has agreed to welcome us back.
We would also apologize to the Management of the DVLA, especially the CEO, Hon Julius Niiquaye Kotey and his two Deputies, who, despite our legal tussle with them, have tolerated us and with their pardoning hearts, have forgiven us and once again welcomed us back into our jobs.
To the man who has made all this possible, we humbly and sincerely like to apologize profusely to the President, His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, for his patience and tolerance, even though we took matters into our own hands, taking an institution under his Government to court. We thank you, Mr President, for your assurance that 3,000 of our members would not be rendered unemployed.
We also would like to thank our lawyer, Mr Martin Kpebu, for his good counsel, which, at the end of the day, has resulted in getting our jobs back and restoring the cordial relations between the Management of the DVLA and 27 members of VEMAG.
At this stage, let me say something about the man Julius Niiquaye Kotey, CEO of DVLA.
There is an adage that says “don’t judge a book by its cover”, and I must say, VEMAG judged Mr Kotey without knowing him and on behalf of my colleagues, we sincerely apologize to Mr. Kotey and say we are deeply sorry for all the things we said about you. It was because we were kept in the dark, even when you were extending an olive branch to us.
One thing we all know but have not said openly is the fact that Hon. Kotey is a very hardworking Chief Executive Officer.
When he took office in 2025, the turnover of the DVLA rose from GHc 400 million to GHc 1.2 billion, returns for the sale of DV number plates which for many years stood at between 30,000 and 60,000 has skyrocketed to 100,000 in his first year in office.
The DVLA, on the assumption of office by Hon. Kotey, had 12 companies operating at the Tema harbor and were making losses of GHc 8 million every month. Hon. Kotey terminated all the companies and reset the administration at the Port and today, the DVLA is making millions out of the Tema Harbour.
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