In an effort to transform passport acquisition in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has started the direct courier delivery of the new chip-embedded passports to applicants nationwide.
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa joined the Ghana Post for the inaugural deliveries. Mr Ablakwa stressed the commitment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ghana Post to ensuring the timely and efficient delivery of passports to applicants.
He said, ”for the first time, passports are being delivered to Ghanaians wherever and whenever they need them”.
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The stress of returning to Passport Application Centres to pick up passports is no more.
”It was an amazing experience joining Ghana Post to deliver our new chip-embedded passports to Ghanaians who applied for their passports less than two weeks ago”, Mr. Ablakwa noted.
More than 5,000 new chip-embedded passports are being delivered via courier in all 16 regions of Ghana this week.
With this intervention, the Minister of Foreign Affairs says they have ended the phenomenon of uncollected passports due to frustration and inconvenience, adding that he ”inherited over 70,000 uncollected passports”.
