The government of Ghana has revealed its plans to reduce the cost of acquiring an ordinary passport from GH¢500 to GH¢350.
This is over a 25% decrease in the cost of acquiring a passport. This move by the government is aimed at making passports more accessible while maintaining high security standards.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced while answering questions on the floor of Parliament on March 13, 2025.
“The government recognizes concerns about the affordability of the new passport and is committed to ensuring that the cost remains reasonable while maintaining high security standards. In our effort to make passports more accessible to all Ghanaians, and per the instruction I have received from the president, we are pleased to announce that the cost of the ordinary passport booklet, the 32-page, will be reduced from GH¢500 to GH¢350.
“We will, in the coming days, be presenting the amendment of the fees and charges to ensure that this reduction is approved by the House,” he stated.
The minister also revealed that the Ministry will introduce a door-to-door passport delivery service as part of its new 24-hour service initiative.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration had previously announced an increase in passport fees in April 2024, clarifying that the decision was in line with the 2023 Fees and Charges Regulations, L.I. 2481.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has emphasized on plans to reduce costs associated with the acquisition of passports in Ghana.
Okudzeto described the Ghc500.00 fee for passport acquisition as too expensive and promised to see to the reduction of the cost with parliamentary approval.
“Passport application fees have become too expensive for the ordinary Ghanaian. People are complaining, and when we toured the country, they told us they want us to do something about it,” he said in February, 2025.
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