Members of the erstwhile Mahama government who refuse to handover diplomatic passports will be stopped at the country’s airports during trips as a last resort, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has hinted.
The minister indicated that the grace period for the former officials and appointees to hand over such passports has elapsed, yet some have refused to tender diplomatic passports issued to them while in office.
According to her, government will have no option than to halt the trips of culpable officials.
“Bring them in, the deadline is past and it might not be very good for such a person who should have handed in the passport who decides not to but to travel with it to be stopped at the airport. … It will happen, that is the next step and I don’t want any colleague, just because they are members of the past government, to go through such an ordeal,” she noted on Wednesday, May 24.
She revealed that most of the past officials have returned the passports “but a few who have not we have signalled them that very soon they will be put on a stop list if they do not return it”.
She said this while interacting with Joy FM in the UK.
This comes on the heels of some current and past Members of Parliament being cited for misuse of the diplomatic passports, an issue being currently investigated by parliament.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Massa; somtimes you fail to understand the mindset of some of these Ghanaian politicians ; some still live in the dark ages ; and still have kriminal minds ; how can you retain a diplomatic passport when you know you are not a member of the government but hope you can be allowed to use such passpart for travel ; Ayokor the Minister should publish their names on the net or in the media NOW !!!!!; WHAT KIND OF MONSTERS ARE THESE FROM THE NDC !!!!
@Charles, men of God too? eeei Ghana paaa, do we really know the value of a diplomatic passport?
these people are just too much and only there to cause to much trouble.
Hon. Minister please don't forget the men of God too . kindly revoke theirs too if they still possess
publish their names... simple. Why is NPP treating these NDC cr!minals with kids gloves?
Why do we issue diplomatic passports to Members of parliament in the first place, are they diplomats? No wonder some of them abuse the privilege. This needs to stop.
I think that some of our leaders do not deserve to occupy key positions on our land. If people cannot adapt to changes in their positions and status, how can they go back to seek the mandate of the people some day. I do not know if we these individuals have conscious or morals to even exist. Why do you hold on to passports you do not need.....again, are you the only wise person created to taste the best of what life has for men. I think that the names of all such greedy persons should be published in the dailies and circulated to the various embassies.
With such a high level of abuse of all national properties within Mahama Admin including the use of National Airport's VIP to send Coke abroad this should have been done loong ago. You guys better quicken up. Becoming too slow NPP.