Passport Before Performance? A Letter on DVLA’s Flying Ambition

In Ghana, whenever a public institution announces overseas travel, two things immediately happen. First, passports begin to sweat with anticipation. Second, citizens begin to calculate. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority has reportedly secured approval for selected staff to travel to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany to assist Ghanaians abroad with driver licence registration and renewal. On paper, it sounds like administrative modernisation ...

By Isaac Yeboah