By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave
The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has issued a stern warning that security agencies will not spare anyone found assisting foreign nationals to acquire Ghanaian passports and Ghana Cards.
He stated that helping such individuals is a criminal offence and that the law would deal decisively with any Ghanaian involved, to serve as a deterrent.
“I want to send a clear message of caution to Ghanaians who help other nationals to acquire Ghanaian nationality through passport and Ghana Card, that is a criminal offence. We’re building a solid case on that. If you are a Ghanaian, please desist from doing that, please, we beg you. For pleading with you, do the right thing,” he said during an interview on Channel One Newsroom on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
His comments follow a series of intelligence-led operations by security agencies targeting organised cybercrime networks across parts of the country, which recently led to the arrest of 141 suspects in Lashibi and Tabora on Saturday, December 27.
The suspects were arrested in a coordinated early-morning operation aimed at dismantling cybercrime syndicates involved in Mobile Money (MoMo) fraud and other cyber-enabled financial crimes in parts of Accra.
The operation involved the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), the Ghana Police Service, National Security and the Ghana Immigration Service, and was conducted across key locations in Tabora and Lashibi.
