Ghana Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa went to Accra streets Friday to personally give people their new chip passports. He aims to speed up passport services through a team effort with Ghana Post, which sent out 5000 passports across the country this week. Applicants received their documents just two weeks after they applied for them. The minister wore traditional white clothes as he surprised people at their jobs with personal deliveries. He wanted to see how happy citizens felt when they got good service without problems.
The government hopes to end the frustration of making many trips to passport offices. The home delivery plan came from changes suggested by the Passport Reforms Committee, which started when Ablakwa first took office. Doreen Klutse from the Ghana Library Authority became one of the first people to benefit from this service. She felt amazed when she learned her passport would come to her instead of her going to pick it up. Abdul Razak Osmanu, who runs a business in the Pig Farm area, also received his passport through this new system.
The government hopes to end the frustration of making many trips to passport offices. The home delivery plan came from changes suggested by the Passport Reforms Committee, which started when Ablakwa first took office. Doreen Klutse from the Ghana Library Authority became one of the first people to benefit from this service. She felt amazed when she learned her passport would come to her instead of her going to pick it up. Abdul Razak Osmanu, who runs a business in the Pig Farm area, also received his passport through this new system.
