NPP alleges Ablakwa knew of passport scheme before its exposure
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of having prior knowledge of alleged irregularities in the issuance of Ghanaian passports, questioning his claim that he was unaware of the activities within the Ministry. The party’s National Communications Director, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, made the allegation at a press conference on Monday, November 9, 2026, alongside members of the Minority Caucus in Parliament. He questioned how the Minister could establish that no Diplomatic Passports had been implicated in the alleged scheme while maintaining that he had no prior knowledge of the activities. "How did the Minister know that there were no diplomatic passports if he claims he has no knowledge of the scheme? A scheme that is being orchestrated under your blind side, as you claim, by people within your ministry, which you are only getting to know after we brought it to the fore," he said.