General News of Saturday, 5 May 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghWorried Minister discovers irregularities at Passport OfficeShirley Botchway, Minister for Foreign Affairs, interacting with prospective passport holdersThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, yesterday paid an unannounced visit to the Passport Office in Accra, where she expressed concern about the rate at which foreigners, especially Nigerians, are acquiring Ghanaian passports. The purpose of the visit was for the minister to acquaint herself with the operations of the Passport Office and to obtain first-hand information on challenges confronting the operations of the office. Apart from attempts by foreigners to acquire Ghanaian passports, the minister said she was also unhappy about the hassle some passport applicants had to go through in their efforts to secure passports. She explained that the extension of the validity of the Ghanaian passport was also intended to address the situation where people had to apply for passport renewals within a relatively short time. “But how can anybody, a Ghanaian, applying for a passport, queue from 3 a.m?

Source: GhanaWeb May 05, 2018 06:00 UTC