The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Stephen Ntim, General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong and members of the National Cathedral Secretariat have been shockingly exposed for refusing to return diplomatic and service passports.
On 15 January 2025, the ministry issued a statement recalling passports no longer valid under current government requirements.
The ministry further revealed that 404 Diplomatic Passports and 387 Service Passports remain unreturned, despite earlier notices.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration also revealed all Diplomatic and service passports not returned by the March 17 deadline would be added to the Stop-Watch List.
The ministry revealed that any passports not returned by the deadline will be cancelled, making them subject to immediate seizure at all entry and exit points in Ghana.
The Ministry noted that individuals still in possession of Diplomatic and Service Passports issued during the previous Akufo-Addo administration must return them by 17 March 2025.
However, according to reports gathered, Stephen Ntim, Justin Kodua, and members of the National Cathedral Secretariat are refusing to return their diplomatic and service passports issued during the erstwhile Akufo-Addo era.
Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs has cancelled 701 diplomatic and service passports due to the holders’ failure to comply with a directive to return the travelling document.
According to them 341 diplomatic passports and 360 service passports were not returned.
The foreign ministry, nevertheless, commended some 407 diplomatic passport holders and 403 service passport holders for obeying the directive to return their documents.
Individuals listed below were supposed to give up their passports to the Legal and Treaties Bureau at the Ministry:
Former Ministers and their spouses
Former Members of Parliament from all political parties
Former Council of State members and their spouses
Retired Justices of the Superior and Lower Courts
Former Regional Ministers, MMDCEs, board chairs and members of state institutions
Officials of the National Cathedral Project
Former political ambassadors and their dependents
Businessmen and entrepreneurs
Former government functionaries
Any person holding an official passport but not currently serving the state
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NPP Chairman Stephen Ntim, General Secretary Justin Kodua, and members of the National Cathedral Secretariat are refusing to return diplomatic and service passports issued during the Akufo-Addo era. pic.twitter.com/onvRWsMRmQ
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