Weija-Gbawe Member of Parliament (MP) Jerry Ahmed Shaib has criticised what he describes as the lax issuance of Ghanaian passports under the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.
Speaking at the Weija-Gbawe cluster of schools in Accra, where voting was underway for the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer race on Saturday, January 31, Jerry Ahmed said, “The Ghanaian passport has become very cheap.
“For anybody who jumps in, they will issue passports to the person. Sometimes the sad part is that they even issue diplomatic passports.”
He called out Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who he claimed also had flagbearer intentions for the NDC, stating that, “Okudzeto Ablakwa, the one who is issuing passports all over the place. He is also thinking of it…So you can imagine, if he becomes president of the Republic of Ghana, every day he will issue passports to anybody who comes to Ghana. That’s how cheap our passports have become.”
This comes after Okudzeto Ablakwa recently approved a Ghanaian passport for American streaming star Darren Watkins Jr., known as IShowSpeed, following his high-profile tour of the country.
Ablakwa had praised the YouTuber for his connection to Ghana and his role in promoting African culture globally.
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