MP Harassed at Dutch embassy

Accra, Oct. 10, Evening News - A Member of Parliament (name withheld) who was also an ex-minister suffered an embarrassment and contemptuous treatment at the hands of an arrogant consular official of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Accra when he was told that he could not possibly be an MP.

The dumb-founded MP, thinking that perhaps the official was not serious about her remarks smiled, only to be told again by the woman, "sorry I cannot grant you the visa, a Member of Parliament does not smile when serious business is being discussed".

Not even the old passport of the MP, which he produced, indicating that he was a former Minister of State, could sway the adamant official from her resolve.