The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has launched a Vehicle Registration System (VRS) as part of efforts to completely digitise the vehicle registration process.

The registration process for vehicles used to be done manually and the process was faced with several challenges.

The new VRS, which will eliminate the use of middlemen and also ensure that the various DVLA registration offices are decongested, is scheduled to be operational from Thursday, 2 January 2019.

In a statement signed by the Public Relations Manager of the DVLA, Mr Francis Asamoah Tuffour, the Authority said the launched VRS, “has been in a pilot phase for the last several months in selected vehicle registration centres.”

According to the statement, the “initiative is billed to completely digitise and automate the vehicle registration process, which, hitherto, has primarily been a manual process with significant challenges”, adding that the new system is “expected to streamline the registration process, prevent leakages and eliminate any potential duplications.”

The DVLA also disclosed that it “is investigating the issue concerning vehicles with the same registration number” that has been the toast of social media.

“The Authority has commissioned a vigorous investigation into this matter and will inform the public as soon as the initial investigations are completed.”