THE MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has lamented over the high numbers of uncollected passports nationwide.
According to her, from 2010 to 2018, there were 20,000 uncollected passports nationwide.
She explained “meanwhile, the office continues to be saddled with uncollected passports.”
She disclosed that “about 20,000 printed passports spanning the period 2010 to 2018 remain to be collected across the country.”
The Minister was addressing journalists on Wednesday in Accra after commissioning two new passport centres in Koforidua and Tema.
She noted “attempts were made to publish the names and passport numbers of some uncollected passports, but this seemed to have infringed on Data Protection Laws of the country.”
She added “the Ministry is therefore discussing alternative methods of informing the public on uncollected passports.”
However, she stated that government would consider steps to address the situation.
The Minister added “the Ministry is also considering a home delivery service option to reduce the incidence of uncollected passports.”
Source: Daily Guide
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I applied for a passport in Kumasi, chased after it for collection for about a year, then I stopped.I NEVER RECEIVED IT. I am totally SURPRISED to see my name in the published "Uncollected passports"
When people apply for passports and you delay them unnecessarily, the get fed up and abandon the process,am looking forward to the day when one government policy in Ghana will work to the admiration of all. CURRENTLY all government policies past and present qualify for Grade 'D'.Name them; National ID card ,basaaaa,community day SHS, basaaaa,internet connectivity in some district capitals, basaaaaa,linking the regional capitals by tarred road, 1957 to date, basaaaa, guarantee of 24/7 pipe borne water through the tap,not even in the capital, basaaaaa,
CREATE AN SMS TEXTING SYSTEM AND SEND TEXT TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE....STOP THE EXCUSES, WE ARE TIRED OF INCOMPETENT POLITICIANS IN THIS COUNTRY...TALKERS