“All passports are issued under the authority of the Minister” – Minority
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is under pressure after the Minority in Parliament presented documents it says show diplomatic and service passports being sold to unqualified people.
At a press conference on Sunday, the Minority showed five approval letters issued in the Minister’s name between June and August 2026. It said they approved passports for people falsely presented as officials of public institutions.
The Minority placed responsibility squarely at the Minister’s door. “Under the law, all passports are issued under the authority of the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs,” Hon. Abu Jinapor said.
The Ministry, it said, must explain how the applications were approved, who authorised them, and what checks were carried out on the applicants.
The Minority also rejected an internal committee the Minister reportedly set up on 13 October 2026 to look into the matter. It is chaired by Ambassador Alexander Grant Ntrakwa.
“The very people who superintended this rot cannot be the same persons to investigate it,” the Minority said, citing the legal principle that no one should be a judge in their own cause.
The Minority wants Mr Ablakwa to appear before a parliamentary ad hoc committee, alongside the Chief Director, the interdicted Director of Passports and the alleged agent.
It appealed to the Majority to support its motion. “If there are proper explanations for these documents and transactions, let them be given before the committee,” it said. “If wrongdoing is established, let those responsible be held accountable.”
