Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has taken aim at the government over what the Minority describes as reckless financial decisions involving Ghana’s diplomatic services.
Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, July 9, Asafo-Adjei accused the Mahama-led administration of wasting $1.2 million on what he called an unnecessary relaunch of Ghana’s chip-embedded biometric passport system — a project he said had already been fully executed under the previous government.
“The outgoing government secured supply credit, completed all testing, and formally launched the chip-embedded passport on December 2, 2024,” Asafo-Adjei said.
“They secured 50,000 booklets and a standing order of 200,000. This is all on record at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The Minority argues that by repeating an already completed process, the current administration has caused avoidable financial loss to the state.
In addition, Asafo-Adjei revisited the issue of the abrupt three-day closure of Ghana’s embassy in Washington, D.C., in May 2025 — an incident that led to widespread frustration among Ghanaians abroad.
“By dawn, May 26th, 2025, the embassy doors were closed, and 437 confirmed applicants for the week had been cancelled,” he said.
“In three days, the Minister’s decision cost Ghana over $38,200 in expedited service fees and forced at least 112 travellers to miss their connecting flights.”
