The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commenced a home and office passport delivery service for applicants, in collaboration with Ghana Post and local courier firm, Troskit.
The initiative, which forms part of the six new policy initiatives outlined and implemented by the ministry this year, officially took off last Friday, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, personally delivering the travel document to some applicants within Accra.
The free passport delivery initiative aims to ensure that applicants receive their passports within 15 days of application, as outlined as part of the new policy reforms at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prevent queues at the various passport offices to eliminate the services of middlemen.
Commitment
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said he joined the delivery team to attest to the courier services being rendered to deliver the passports to applicants.
Mr Ablakwa affirmed that the new services demonstrated the ministry’s commitment to ensuring that applicants did not have to hustle to acquire the travel document.
“Ghanaian passport applicants are no longer required to go back to the passport application centre for their passports.
We have introduced peculiar services, making sure that passports are securely and timely delivered to the comfort of the homes or offices of applicants,” he said.
The minister expressed satisfaction at the delivery service, saying, “I am really satisfied with the delivery today.
Source: Graphic Online
