Karma Moment: Old video of Osei-Asare echoes words she criticised DVLA boss for

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Abena Osei-Asare, engaged in a heated exchange with the Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, over details of the authority’s proposed digital number plate system.

PAC Chair Osei-Asare sought clarity on the scope of data to be embedded, particularly whether the plates would bear vehicle owners’ surnames, during PAC's sitting on Monday, October 27, 2025.

“I'm asking you a specific question. Is it going to have the user's surname on the number plates?” she asked.

In response, the DVLA boss stated, “We don't put names on number plates… I was wondering why that question. Sorry, but we don't put names on number plates.”

But the answer did not sit well with Osei-Asare, who was particularly infuriated by Neequaye Kotey saying he did not expect such a question from her.

“You said you don't expect me to ask you that question… that is what you said. You don't expect me to ask you that question because people do not put their names on their number plates.

“That is a blatant lie. You have people who pay for specialised number plates, and they have theirs. And if I'm asking you, you just mentioned that there are going to be security features. And I'm asking, is that going to include people's names on that plate? And you said you don't expect me to ask you that question. Are you not the DVLA boss?” she fumed.

'What are you telling me?' – Watch as Abena Osei Asare loses cool on DVLA boss at PAC sitting

Following the altercation, an old video of the PAC Chair’s appearance before the committee when she was the Minister of State in charge of Finance has gone viral.

In the said video clip, Osei-Asare was asked by the Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Kwame Governs Agbodza, about the procurement of a loan facility.

“Was that loan procured under President Akufo-Addo or under President John Dramani Mahama?” Agbodza asked Abena Asare.

In her response, she uttered almost the same words she criticised the DVLA boss for.

“Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this question from you,” she replied Agbodza.

Watch the video below:

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