The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has disclosed that 75% of drivers operating on ride-hailing platforms in Ghana have fake driving licences.
The Chief Executive Officer of the DVLA, Julius Neequaye Kotey, disclosed this on Atinka TV on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, saying the development raises serious concerns about the authenticity of licences being used by drivers in the ride-hailing sector.
According to him, the DVLA’s ride-hailing monitoring system has revealed that a significant proportion of drivers operating on the platforms are using fraudulent licences.
“We have issues with ride-hailing drivers. When we checked the ride-hailing monitoring system on our end, 75% of the licences we checked in the ride-hailing space were all fake. Seventy-five per cent of the drivers whose licences we checked were all fake,” he said.
Kotey said the issue cuts across some of the major ride-hailing platforms operating in Ghana, including Bolt, Uber and Yango.
“This includes drivers operating on platforms such as Bolt, Uber and Yango,” he added.
