Ghana’s Washington DC Embassy Undergoes Overhauling
The Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, has supervised an overhaul at Ghana’s Washington, DC mission.
This is a move to eradicate corruption and unprofessionalism after his office has received tons of complaints of corruption and unresponsiveness.
In an X (formerly Twitter) post, the Foreign Minister addressed issues of unprofessionalism, unresponsiveness, and disrespect some Ghanaian individuals have to endure at various diplomatic missions.
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According to him, since most Ghanaian diplomatic missions are working with professionalism and excellence, a few have consistently failed to meet accountability standards.
Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa has therefore outlined new intervention policies to guide and eradicate poor services at various Ghana’s diplomatic missions around the world.
Ghana’s Washington DC Missions Undergoes Overhauling
Ablakwa cited the Ghana Embassy in Washington, DC, as a key example when he stated that corruption had been decisively uprooted and a total of 2,943 visas had been issued since its reopening.
On Washington DC — I am glad to report that we have surgically uprooted the canker of corruption. Far-reaching reforms are underway to overhaul service delivery. Since the re-opening, a total of 2,943 visas have been issued.
Ghana’s Washington DC Embassy Undergoes Overhauling
He stated that he had made himself available at the embassy to directly oversee operations and ensure that the backlog of visa applications was cleared. Additionally, he instructed the new team of diplomats to promptly implement the public responsiveness policies.
I urge the public to have confidence in our reset agenda aimed at combating corruption, eliminating conflict of interest, protecting applicants from criminal exploitation, redeeming Ghana’s image abroad and serving you better with efficiency and integrity.
The Mahama administration is deeply committed to a new reset era of accountable public service with uncompromisingly high standards of professionalism, transparency and patriotism.
