Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced that every region in Ghana will have a passport application centre by December this year.
Speaking at a ceremony to hand over diplomatic passports to five prominent Ghanaians in Accra on Wednesday October 1, the Minister revealed that the first of the new centres will be commissioned this month in Bolgatanga.
According to him, the ministry’s reforms have already made passport acquisition faster and more convenient.
“Ghana’s foreign ministry has become very efficient and Ghanaians can confirm it. Now the process is smooth, passports are being issued in record time and delivered by courier, so people no longer need to travel long distances to application centres,” Mr. Ablakwa said.
He admitted that seven regions are still without passport offices but stressed that the government is committed to addressing that gap before the end of the year.
The diplomatic passports were presented to travel vlogger Wode Maya, Grammy-nominated reggae artist Rocky Dawuni, broadcaster and entrepreneur Anita Erskine, contemporary visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, and British-Ghanaian entrepreneur Dentaa Amoateng MBE.
