Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced that all regions in the country without passport application centres will have them by December 2025.
The Minister revealed that the first of the new centres will be commissioned this month in Bolgatanga.
He explained that the move forms part of efforts to decentralise passport services and improve accessibility across the country.
He posited that the reforms being implemented have brought some remarkable changes, including the passport acquisition process, with applicants now receiving their passports in record time through courier services, eliminating the need for stressful trips to collection centres.
Mr. Ablakwa, the North Tongu Member of Parliament, spoke at a ceremony where he officially presented diplomatic passports to five distinguished Ghanaians: travel vlogger Wode Maya, Grammy-nominated reggae artist Rocky Dawuni, broadcaster and entrepreneur Anita Erskine, contemporary visual artist Ibrahim Mahama, and British-Ghanaian entrepreneur Dentaa Amoateng MBE.
“The Foreign Affairs Ministry has become very efficient, and Ghanaians are already confirming that now it is a smooth process. They are receiving their passports in record time and do not have to stress to pick them up at passport offices, because they are being delivered via courier services.
“But we still have seven regions without passport application centres. I am delighted to announce that by December, we will make sure every region without a passport application centre has one, starting with Bolgatanga this month,” he said.
