Barimah Buabasa Oppong Yaw Ababio, the Gyasehene (sub-chief) of the Dormaa Traditional Area in the Bono Region, has called on the government to dual-carriage the Sunyani-Berekum-Dormaa highway under its nationwide “Big Push” road infrastructure development project.

He said as one of the major and busiest roads in the region, the highway ought to be dual-carriaged to enhance safety of commercial drivers, travelers and motorists, and also stem the recurring road crashes and fatalities that happened on it.

Barimah Ababio made the call when speaking at the inauguration of a new office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro and welcomed the establishment of the office.

He said: “It has been an extremely difficult process for motorists and drivers to acquire licenses due to the absence of an office of the DVLA in the area,” saying that people had often endured long hours, travelling from Dormaa-Ahenkro to Sunyani to either acquire or renew their driving license.
Barimah Ababio said Dormaa-Ahenkro had grown in size and population, describing the establishment of the office as timely, saying the office would not only benefit the people of Dormaa-Ahenkro, but also those within its enclave like the Dormaa East, and Dormaa West as well as Jaman North and parts of the Western region.

The chief appealed to drivers and motorists to ensure regular maintenance of their vehicles and thereby ensuring that their vehicles were road worthy, urging them to leverage the office to renew their license and road worthy certificates.

Barimah Ababio also called for the establishment of a driving school in the area, and pledged the Dormaa Traditional Council’s readiness to provide land for additional offices and urged the DVLA to develop training manuals in local dialect too.