The Ghana’s Embassy in Equatorial Guinea has been closed down due to embassy’s inability to settle its rent.

The landlady whose property houses Ghana’s Embassy in Equatorial Guinea forced the closure of the building yesterday to express her frustrations after she received no rent payment for nine months.

She is owed an equivalent of GH¢154,000.

Deputy Minister of Information and National Orientation, Frank Agyekum, confirmed the closure to the FM-station, JOYFM - and said everything was being done to settle the debt.

“Yes, it is a fact that we are in arrears in terms of payment, but I can assure you that urgent steps are being taken to get it paid. In diplomatic circles, being behind in arrears is not something new, it has happened all the time.”

He expressed surprise about the landlady’s action, “but I can assure you that we are going to pay pretty soon”.

Meanwhile Ghana’s Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea is back in Accra with almost all of his general staff, but, Mr. Agyekum said this has nothing to do with the landlady’s forced closure of the embassy building.

He explained that the general recall of the diplomatic staff was necessitated by the impending transition from the current government to the next.