Ghana Ministry Interdicts Two Officials Over Service Passport Sales

What changed

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has interdicted two officials over allegations that Service Passports were illegally issued in exchange for money.

The officials are Acting Director of Passports Mahama Yahaya Amantana and junior Foreign Service Officer Alhassan Sumani. Both were named in petitions and referred to the Ghana Police Service after preliminary investigations, the ministry said in Accra on November 8.

Why it matters

This puts Ghana’s passport administration under immediate scrutiny. Service Passports are official documents, so allegations that they were exchanged for money reach beyond individual misconduct: they raise questions about who could access the system and whether approval controls worked.

The ministry’s action is an administrative suspension pending investigation, not a finding of guilt. The next meaningful steps are whether police investigations lead to arrests or charges, and whether any passports connected to the allegations are cancelled.