Ghana's embassy in Washington DC closed down over alleged corrupt practices by staff

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  • Geeman 6 months ago

    Thank God.

  • Nii 6 months ago

    With Kelvin Taylor instructions. Wow

  • DEAD GOAT MAHALIAR IS BACK. 6 months ago

    NDC disgracing Ghana left,right and center. Foolish minister wants to be seen to be working. Why don’t you close down Jubilee House too because MAHALIAR took a car bribe… nonsense!

  • Ben 6 months ago

    Shameless minister wants his apparatchiks to take over. Ghana is doomed under NDC.

  • Corrupt ndc 6 months ago

    When is this incompetent baby with sharp teeth Ablakwa resigning. From hajj disgrace to this.

  • Good 6 months ago

    So when are some people going to be truthful? To some the definition of incompetence is when rots and corrupt practices are exposed. God help save Ghana

  • Ablakwa must resign 6 months ago

    Closing down an entire embassy because of an alleged corrupt activity. Sense is really far from the NDC.

  • TO THE NII THE IDIOT WHO THINKS IT WAS KEVIN TAYLOR DIRECTED THE MOVE. DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO YOU THAT HE RATHER GOT A TIP IT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? 6 months ago

    YOU THINK BETWEEN FRIDAY EVENING KT SAID THAT AND MONDAY MORNING AN INVESTIGATION WAS DONE, PRESIDENT CONSULTED FOR APPROVAL? COME AGAIN.

  • JACK TORONTO 6 months ago

    You expect the embassy to continue operating with the corrupt officials? I just can't understand you. It means, you are also corrupt.

  • Beehive 6 months ago

    Herrr, there's zero customer service when you step there. As soon as you go there you feel like you are in Ghana. I swear I couldn't send any of my American friends there. The place is dirty too

  • Anti Ghana NPP 6 months ago

    @ Dead goat, Ben, Corrupt NDC…..When uneducated fools like you guys criticise the minister for saving the country from corrupt practices, the rest of Ghanaians know that the policies are working. Do you realise why I even u ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 months ago

    @ ANTI GHANA NDC:

    THAT’S NDC OWN MODUS OPERANDI, OKUDZETO ABLAKWA AND HIS NDC ARE VERY GOOD AT SWINDLING GHANAIANS THROUGH VISA APPLICATIONS I FIRST BLEW NDC’S LID WHEN I WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN 2017- 2024

    MAHAMA AN ...
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  • Yaa Dua 6 months ago

    What's incompetence?

  • Costello 6 months ago

    And, he calls himself @Ben, sharing that noble name with one of the most brilliant friends I have. But this Ben here is a MENTALLY-RETARDED! Otherwise, why would a sane, normal human being, after reading about this alarming s ...
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  • Yeah Ghana Must Prevail 6 months ago

    Yes you asked the question why did the minister close the embassy? The answer is that the embassy needed to be closed and OVERHAULED for a RESET.

  • ST Ghfuo: KWAME NKRUMAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 6 months ago

    CORRUPTION IS BAD FOR BUSINESS. THE CORRUPT STAFF MUST BE REMOVED AND SHIPPED TO GH FOR REPIRMAND BUT DONT CLOSE THE EMBASSY UNLESS YOU KNOW OTHER STAFF MEMBERS ARE ALL GUILTY OF CORRUPTION. YOU NEED TO HAVE SNAKE EYES AND AN ...
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  • Sojourner Truth 6 months ago

    Thank youuuuuuu! Only the wise understand it

  • Yooyi 6 months ago

    @Costello, don't sweat about this at all. First of all Ben is obviously the same author of the preceeding and proceeding comments. He is identifiable as the same person by the common total lack of moral values and a hatred fo ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 months ago

    @Yooyi:
    THAT’S NDC OWN MODUS OPERANDI, OKUDZETO ABLAKWA AND HIS NDC ARE VERY GOOD AT SWINDLING GHANAIANS THROUGH VISA APPLICATIONS I FIRST BLEW NDC’S LID WHEN I WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN 2017- 2024

    MAHAMA AND HIS APPOINTE ...
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  • Anti Ghana NPP 6 months ago

    These people only listen to their village FM stations and have no idea what’s going on around the world. If they criticise those trying to fix the nation’s problems, then you must know the depth of how much they hate the ...
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  • JACK TORONTO 6 months ago

    Mmoa, you think MAHAMA is goint to tolerate AKUFFO ADDO'S corrupt appointees. Nana planted corrupt officials in most of the institutions and some people are using those institutions as their private company's.

  • SHAMELESS PRESIDENT AND MINISTER,AN AGENDA TO RECRUITE PARTY MEMBERS, SIDELINING OTHERS,MAY GOD STRIKE AT THESE SELFISH PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS SEEK THEIR INTEREST IN THE NAME OF POLITICS,MAY GOD STRIKE THESE IDIOTS. 6 months ago

    ALWAYS OKUJETO IS QUICK TO JUDGE YET HE'S THE MOST CORRUPT AND DISHONEST EVER . CREATING CONFUSION HERE AND THERE WITH LIES . IMAGINE HOW FOREIGN TRAVELLERS CAN OBTAIN VISAS WHEN THE EMBASSY IS CLOSED.THATS BULSHIT, DOESN'T M ...
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  • Yaw 6 months ago

    What a useless piece of SHIT this @Ben is. If you lived here in the USA and have to apply for a travel visa, and noting your passport has been sent to a private company you would understand the frustration. You are part of a ...
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  • Mary, Junior 6 months ago

    3y3 ampa paaa..!!!! The raw toilet of Abronye Kwame is even far better than Akuffo Addo! Addo Gyantra, Addo okpo, Addo Ganja man, Addo tiéfi, Addo gangalia, Addo beri-beri, Addo Serwah Broni, Addo 2-feet, Addo Ano nsuo, Addo ...
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  • wow 6 months ago

    hahahah, u people have no shame.... so u dont see anything good about this????? wow

  • Why Shut Down an Embassy 6 months ago

    When Adu-Boahene was interdicted at NIA was the whole organisation shut down?

  • Amorphous 6 months ago

    Stupid fool! Do you know more than the state?? Has anyone told you there's no alternative plans in place?? Kromfuor ba! Anytime they are caught in their qild thievery, you will see them talking about nonsensical issues rather ...
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  • IN THE ERA OF NPP DEADLY CRIMINALS 6 months ago

    It is less than 6 months since the current NDC administration took power from that EVIL PARTY CALLED THE NPP! Yet, you can all see the huge number of drug cases that our security institutions have already been able to bust. T ...
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  • Resetting Ghana 6 months ago

    My friend Amorphous or whatever you call yourself.
    The answer is simple. The minister needed to close the embassy OVERHAUL it and RESET it.

  • Kwasia, is it true something like that is kngoing? 6 months ago

    Wait for the investigation. Don’t just make talk talk

  • Kwaku 6 months ago

    Wo maame tw3

  • EFO KOKU 6 months ago

    JOB FOR THE BOYS
    Mahama and his babies with sharp teeth are just looking for job avenues for the boys. Since the 24 hour economy scam didn’t work, now some spaces are being created for people like Kevin Taylor, Baba Jamal, ...
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  • GH8 6 months ago

    Is a good move that the THIEF is busted and I hope he is prosecuted for his crimes. But why recalled other staff back home. I hope is not a subtle way of replacing them with other people who certainly be NDC members.

  • Chris Stephano 6 months ago

    To give way to forensic investigation.

  • JACK TORONTO 6 months ago

    Do you think MAHAMA is going to maintain the corrupt officials planted by AKUFFO ADDO? They will all go home and be replaced by the good one's.

  • Digitat 6 months ago

    You Dead goat...you're useless and insane son of a bitch.

  • they say they say 6 months ago

    It hurts, right, hehehehe

  • Kwamina 6 months ago

    @Dead Goat Some of you are not even worth reading. Such a low level of intelligence and contribution. Shame on you.

  • Thomas 6 months ago

    You're a fool to be saying this the party you belongs to have sung into your brain npp is against everything good

  • AKANS THRIVE ON THIEVERY, FREELOADING AND CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THE EX-MANAGEMENT STAFF AT AKUFO-ADDO'S GHANA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON ARE ALL AKANS. AKAN FAMILY MEMBERS OF AKUFO-ADDO. AKANS ARE CRIMINALS EVERYWHERE! 6 months ago

    AKANS THRIVE ON THIEVERY, FREELOADING AND CORRUPTION EVERYWHERE.

    I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THE EX-MANAGEMENT AND CONSULAR STAFF AT AKUFO-ADDO'S GHANA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC ARE ALL AKANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF AKUFO-AD ...
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  • Ewvevi 6 months ago

    Absolutely true. They have no scruples. They only think of their stomach without any regard for morality and integrity. Very despicable thieves.

  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 months ago

    @ANTI AKAN MORON

    OKUDZETO ABLAKWA SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED IN 2017!
    THAT’S NDC OWN MODUS OPERANDI, OKUDZETO ABLAKWA AND HIS NDC ARE VERY GOOD AT SWINDLING GHANAIANS THROUGH VISA APPLICATIONS I FIRST BLEW NDC’S LI ...
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  • Mary, Junior 6 months ago

    O, 3y3 ampa paaa..!!!! The raw toilet of Abronye Kwame is even far better than Akuffo Addo! Addo Gyantra, Addo okpo, Addo Ganja man, Addo tiéfi, Addo gangalia, Addo wamputu, Addo beri-beri, Addo Serwah Broni, Addo 2-feet, Ad ...
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  • Star from the North 6 months ago

    I remember vividly that I had to recalled my passport I have sent out to Washington DC in 2019 for renewal. They kept it there for months without working on it and they wouldn’t even pick calls to tell you the progress of y ...
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  • Barima Kyei. 6 months ago

    This has been going on for the past five years.President Mahama cannot be blamed for this.

  • TRUTH 6 months ago

    IT'S ONLY A FOOL WHO WILL STILL REMAIN A FOOL WHEN HE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH AND STILL INSIST ITS WRONG. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS COME TO EXPOSE HOW MENTALLY UNSTABLE CHARACTERS LIKE YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM AND THE EARLIER Y ...
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  • Lori 6 months ago

    Disgracing Ghana through driving.


    So you steal cars from Ghana and drive them around world to disgrace Ghana. Jail the Yahoo boys.

  • Game Changer 6 months ago

    So Akufo Addo's appointees modus operandi is to register private companies as a conduit to steal from the state. NPP is truly a group of career criminals.

  • Lori 6 months ago

    Kofi Tonto must be investigated.

  • COD_friend 6 months ago

    why do you say that?

  • Yaw Wontumi 6 months ago

    As I have been saying until and unless the ugly akyem weed smoking ape called akuffo addo and his family of apes monkeys and baboons are jailed Ghana as a country will never have a good chance to develop. Kill akuffo addo and ...
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  • Eddy the King 6 months ago

    Ghana man and corruption

  • OXYGEN 6 months ago

    @Eddy the King, yes corruption is a canker in the society, but do you believe this trash from this idiot? He is only creating space for new recruitment. This will enable him send these NDC social media serial posters to fill ...
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  • OT 6 months ago

    excellent move, comrade.

  • Koliko 6 months ago

    Please remove all these criminal akans and put mostly Ewes at the embassies

  • EXACTLY WHAT ABLAKWA PLANS TO DO. NOW YOU SEE HOW SELFISH AND TRIBALISTIC YOU ARE.GHANA IS FOR GHANAIANS NOT FOR EWES AND NORTHNERS. 6 months ago

    EWES AND NORTHNERS ARE TRULY NATION WRECKERS,VERY SELFISH YET CANNOT DEVELOP THEIR OWN BACKYARD AFTER STEALING EVERYTHING FOR THEMSELVES.

  • be wise 6 months ago

    You guys should be careful. We don't want nepotism and tribalism again the reason why we voted the NPP out. A proper investigation needs to be done on anyone who occupies any diplomatic job or role. There are more good and b ...
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  • Mr Bob 6 months ago

    Hey NPPIGS had taken the looting brigade international.
    Never again to these bunch of criminals

  • Justice 6 months ago

    So this evil culture of corruption has even been exported to the US. Oh God, please have mercy on our beloved country, Ghana. This nation needs your deliverance.

  • I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THE EX-MANAGEMENT STAFF AT AKUFO-ADDO'S GHANA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON ARE ALL AKANS. AKAN FAMILY MEMBERS OF AKUFO-ADDO. AKANS ARE CRIMINALS EVERYWHERE! 6 months ago

    I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THE EX-MANAGEMENT AND CONSULAR STAFF AT AKUFO-ADDO'S GHANA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC ARE ALL AKANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF AKUFO-ADDO. AKANS ARE CRIMINALS EVERYWHERE!

    AKANS TAKE THEIR CRIMINAL CON ...
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  • DAILY CASH-INCOME IS KING - GET THIS MONEY-MAKING SKILL - NOT SCAM, MAGIC OR PRAYER ALONE 6 months ago

    Don't end the month empty. Skilled HAND-WORK is evergreen - God blesses the work of your hand! EMPOWER yourself or help a young man around you with this skill. You either rise or get buried. No more excuses. Time to thrive by ...
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  • DAILY CASH-INCOME IS KING - GET THIS MONEY-MAKING SKILL - NOT SCAM, MAGIC OR PRAYER ALONE 6 months ago

    Don't end the month empty. Skilled HAND-WORK is evergreen - God blesses the work of your hand! EMPOWER yourself or help a young man around you with this skill. You either rise or get buried. No more excuses. Time to thrive by ...
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  • No Mercy 6 months ago

    Useless Thieves

  • Zagaloro 6 months ago

    NPP embassy in Washington.I can't understand why NPP have no Shane when it comes to looting Ghanains coffers in wide range

  • Yvonne nelson 6 months ago

    ....and his npp in power

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Zagaloro, the rotten head. I pity your innocent mother for going through nine months of pains to give born to 'this something ' who calls himself Zagaloro. A complete waste.

  • SURVIVAL. 6 months ago

    So these NPP rat shit eaters are they normal human beings at all?And if Mahama sacked them from their duties due to their dubious characters, then they're complaining.

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Survival, you see how useless, horrible, terrible and shameful you sound. Now, NPP, is still the government of Ghana, right? Odwan meeer. Kwasia like that

  • Nii Akwei 6 months ago

    Please read the story again.

  • UNCLE PEE 6 months ago

    @Yoo will read it several times for several days and yet will not understand the content. Don't waste your breath on a dunce.

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Uncle

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Uncle Pee, my comment is predicated on my understanding of the import of the story, as a Class Six drop-out pupil. So, you don't need to worry your coconut head over me, since my comprehension of the English language is poor. ...
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  • Yeho 6 months ago

    Our Prez should appoint Ambassadors fast fast this monkies from Akyem apex

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Dramani Mahama John and NDC, have you seen the shame you have brought to Ghana? President, the Clearing Agent, President, the instigator, have you seen what you and you government have caused to Ghana?

  • Simple lesson 6 months ago

    Kwasea, has the president appointed Ambassadors yet

  • Yoo 6 months ago

    Odwan meeer, Simple lesson. Whose fault it is that there is no Ambassador at the Ghana Embassy Washington DC as at now? Mmoa, is the NPP still in power? Criminals running the affairs of Ghana.

  • Anna 6 months ago

    Clearing Ghana of thieves is the best thing happening now.. npp agu yamutu

  • Life 6 months ago

    Unbelievable wicked thieves,these people have no shame at all...every institution in Ghana under Nana Addo Ofori Atta Bawumia have been bastardized with thieves nation wreakers greedy apes. Name any institution of state in Gh ...
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  • Donatus 6 months ago

    Oh, Ghana! Hmmmm!

  • Ghana Girl 6 months ago

    Eeeeeeeeei, hmmmmmmmm and shame. Useless idiots who were involved in these scandals must be punished heavily.

  • Wofa Agyei 6 months ago

    I'm a son of ama ghana but these wicked workers forced me to pay $150 before they released my passport to me while I have already paid $100 for my visa fee.We need help. Thanks

  • Concened Citizen 6 months ago

    When there's a change of Govt most of these staff need to be transferred back home because they are corrupt and moles. No use keeping them at post to sabotage the new Govt.

  • Costello 6 months ago

    They are all coming home. Nothing can save anybody

  • IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS NDC APPOINTED GOROBOYS HAVE DESTROYED AN EMBASSY! 6 months ago

    They did it with the Saudi Hajj Pilgrims. Now its in Washington DC!

  • COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS? 6 months ago

    You obviously have a problem with comprehension. Otherwise, you need to claim your JSS tuition back - your English classes was a complete waste of money.

  • Gigger man. 6 months ago

    We that God that they have closed the embassy down.for almost four years now if u apply for a visa through the genuine way you not get, you will several times they won't respond to any calls. Am writing on a facts and persona ...
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  • Mus 6 months ago

    Thanks. They deliberately refused to pick calls etc. They will frustrate you until you agree to use them.
    Please don’t just sack them, make sure they face the law.

  • YOU DONT CLOSE AN EMBASSY! 6 months ago

    You interdict, recall or sack the offending staff!

  • Nana Akua Adobea 6 months ago

    Why close down? Just arrest the suspects. BY YHE WAY IS SHARP TEETH going to resign!

  • COMPREHENSION PROBLEMS? 6 months ago

    Don't be an idiot. The criminal was hired in 2017 under NPP & had been running a criminal enterprise with other staff at the embassy. This new govt institute an audit to expose the crime. Now u want the new minister to resign ...
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  • Nicholas Osman 6 months ago

    After Resetting and solving the Ghana embassy problem in Washington DC .Pls Mr President don’t allowed any Gh Ambassador to stay more than Six months at his post at Gh Embassy world wide .

  • Zionism is racism 6 months ago

    No wonder, another Akan!

  • DADEBO 6 months ago

    THIS IS NO NEWS THAT EMBASSY HAS BEEN CORRUPT SINCE CREATION. GHANA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON DC.? HMMMM.

  • Truth 6 months ago

    LONG OVERDUE! They way they treat Americans, I'm surprised that any of us come here at all.

  • Harrmomy 6 months ago

    Hahaha the man is just finding Job for the boys

  • Samus 6 months ago

    Okudjeto Ablakwa will use this tactics in our embassies in the whole world to sack all Akans.

  • Kofi Asare 6 months ago

    Diversionary tactics. You must still resign.

  • Ck 6 months ago

    Everywhere corruption, yet dey cal demself honorables

  • FunnyGhana 6 months ago

    The previous government was their requirements on CVs that the candidate had to be corrupt and a thief. The level of criminality at so many institutions is just nauseating

  • Ibiso 6 months ago

    Ghana High Commission I'm LONDON must also be SHUT DOWN at once!

  • Ibiso 6 months ago

    The Ghana Embassy in Copenhagen too needs to be closed down at once!

  • SA 6 months ago

    This is happening in all our embassies abroad, they don't issue visas anymore, you have to get them through a third party, that is how low we've come, just go electronic with small fee and you will see how much money we will ...
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  • Akua 6 months ago

    Visa on arrival to Ghana will be the best option

  • This Does Not Call for the Closure of the Embassy! 6 months ago

    The individual is not even a Foreign Service Officer. He is a private contractor. So get the individual arrested and charged.

    Why should other staff be punished for no fault of them. This is just an overeach of your powers ...
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  • Ibiso 6 months ago

    Some of you talk by heart!

    Do you know better than the Minister?

    Stfu

  • Do You See How Stupid You Sound! 6 months ago

    Kwasea, which country have you heard in the world closing its Embassy because of a corrupt officer.

    A country is bigger than an individual. The most you do is to recall the official if he is foreign service officer or get ...
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  • Yeah Ghana Must Prevail 6 months ago

    Even if it is an overreach of power the most important thing here is the minister is all out to do the right thing.
    Honourable Ablakwa is the remnant few left fighting head on left and right. GOD uses the right pure in heart ...
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  • Ibiso 6 months ago

    Ofui, do know how many we have in thr USA?

    Why are fools like you still allowed to comment on social media in 2025?

  • Ibiso 6 months ago

    Ofui, do know how many embassies we have in thr USA?

  • Opoku Mensah 6 months ago

    Hmmmm! A lot happened under Akuffool Addo, The Akyempanzee.

  • Bustan 6 months ago

    Thank you mr Ablakwa, may God bless you.

  • Yes Bawumia for NPP. 6 months ago

    Ablakwa , JM and many others in the NDC I believe are GOD sent at the time we need them most.
    GOD is risen and HIS enemies are getting scattered.
    Whether baby with sharp teeth or blunt teeth or whatever in sincerity GOD our ...
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  • Bustan 6 months ago

    Thank you mr Ablakwa, may God bless you.
    Please you should also look in UK Embassy.

  • OGyam 6 months ago

    Ghana High Commisson in London is just as bsd. Send the entire rude and arrogant staff packing as soon as practicable.

  • ATA 6 months ago

    Ghana embassy in Germany should be close down. There is a lot of corruption moving on there. Ghana visa middle man shameful people

  • Prof Wow. 6 months ago

    This is a move in the right direction. This kind of investigation must be carried out across the globe and not only in US. There should also be a serious look at the Ghana Passport regime where staff at passport offices charg ...
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  • Ato 6 months ago

    Is this Kofi Kwarteng involved? This guy comes to Asempa fm and speaks rubbish. The Akuffo failed to supervise his appointees, He is the worst thing that had ever happened to Ghana when it comes to ruling the country. Incompe ...
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  • NANA YAW OSEI@SANTASE KUMASI 6 months ago

    EEECH;;NPP AGAIN OOOO

    HMMM I CANT DESCRIBE THEMSELF AGAIN
    NPP-TWIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA VERY CRIMINAL BEINGS

  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 months ago

    @ YAW OSEI @ SOGAKOPE:
    THAT’S NDC OWN MODUS OPERANDI, OKUDZETO ABLAKWA AND HIS NDC ARE VERY GOOD AT SWINDLING GHANAIANS THROUGH VISA APPLICATIONS I FIRST BLEW NDC’S LID WHEN I WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN 2017- 2024

    MAHAMA ...
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  • Osman 6 months ago

    So now Kelvin Taylor is controlling you guys eiiii

  • Observer 6 months ago

    Eihh, they chopped aaa and sold the embassy buildings too.

  • Tomto 6 months ago

    Ghana is working again. We thank God

  • Fella 6 months ago

    God bless you foreign minister, keep on doing good for the fear of God. A good name is better than money however l am not the one saying but that says the word of God. May the bless you and the President of the nation. I didn ...
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  • DEEVINITY 6 months ago

    The DEMONS are out in force. That's a GOOD sign!! Keep going Ablakwah.

  • Batuta 6 months ago

    if Saint Ablakwa still has the principles he had while in opposition, he should have resigned by now. You can't use these populist actions to detract us. Please resign now to maintain your so called principles.

  • Kenneth Adu-Gyamfi 6 months ago

    Honorable Abrakwah, thank you very, very much.But it's not just 2017, it started way back 2007. I personally reported this to former Finance minister late Mr. Baah Weredu. I again reported it to Mrs Hannah Tetteh then foreign ...
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  • kk 6 months ago

    if this is true am happy because, the people who work there have no respect for people...no answers the phone when u need help..shitty place
    get better people to work for mother ghana

  • KWASI IN EUROPE 6 months ago

    All of them recalled to be replaced by NDC boys.

  • DDT 6 months ago

    Ghana will work again. President Mahama should not protect Nana Addo's daughter. We are not hearing about the ambulance repair service loot and shear saga. The painting of bridges and how the contract was awarded. Airport fre ...
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  • Lori 6 months ago

    The daughters have run away. Our only avenue for revenge is to chop them. Chop them, including in the trumu.

  • Justice 6 months ago

    Under akuffo addo nothing good ever happened to Ghana!
    Everything was about corruption!!
    These guys shd be dealt with severely bcos it’s been ongoing for a very long time!

  • Minister of Foreign Affairs 6 months ago

    The car booth money minister and the $8000 monthly rent minister ayekoo

  • Thomas Aduko 6 months ago

    Mr Minister from the Audit report how much money is involved in this alleged illegal transactions.?
    Some staff have been implicated in this deal. Why not hold those persons accountable instead of closing down the whole embas ...
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  • Daliman 6 months ago

    The next should be the Ghana embassy in Berlin...... there is one tall black guy over there who thinks he is God. So rude and arrogant. Your days are numbered

  • OZYMANDIAS 6 months ago

    They will all be replaced by Nyebros and stinking cola nut chewrers.

  • Kofi 6 months ago

    Convenient diversion

  • Krachi Nchumuru 6 months ago

    An Ashanti man and by extention an Akan thinks they are smarter than everyone else. They study systems carefully and plan ways to outwit them for their benefit and other parochial interests.Shortcuts and Azaaa is in their DNA ...
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  • Tarzan 1 6 months ago

    It is not only in Washington DC, Ghana Embassy / High Commission almost everywhere are corrupt. They engage in all manner of unethical practices to make extra bucks. Some sell government properties , like buildings or vehicle ...
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  • Ataa Obeng site 19 Tema 6 months ago

    Ghana is now working, NPP and private accounts stealing from Ghana, oh NPP where did Ghana went wrong to vote for such criminals to handle the affairs of the country

  • Born again 6 months ago

    Atta obeng who is more criminal than your party where dollars are being shared to beggars, where containers flew like birds and millions of dollars cocaine vanished from your hands after arresting them, fools in affairs

  • Asakramitoga 6 months ago

    That is the spirit. These Burkina be descendants are all thieves

  • Ei NPP 6 months ago

    Sometimes when I read Some Npp buggies comments here, it makes sick and field they need castrating and place them in zoo. Ghana down falls is all from Npp in Ghana history. Shame on them, if they know shame

  • Ei NPP 6 months ago

    Sometimes when I read Some Npp buggies comments here, it makes me sick. I feel they need castrating and place them in zoo. Ghana down falls is all from Npp in Ghana history. Shame on them, if they know shame

  • Born again 6 months ago

    Mr man we are waiting for your resignation letter to the president, you thought you were disgracing the former president by your uncouth behaviour, now you have been caught pants down so we are waiting to see your resignation ...
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  • Dr. Cosmos 6 months ago

    is commendable to have identified the problem and proposed a way forward. However, is it strategically prudent to shut down an entire institution simply because someone is misappropriating its resources? If this were your pri ...
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  • Niiblue 6 months ago

    Move in the right direction. The corruption is too gargantuan. It should be spread all across usa, london and engerland

  • Yayra 6 months ago

    Corrupt practices??? Then the US embassy everywhere should be shut down. "The US should shut her mouth when the topic of corruption comes up" (Luis farrakhan) This all on the eve of Ghana putting the dollar to shame. I would ...
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  • Eddie 6 months ago

    Good job Minister.

    The staff very bad and jail waiting. Very criminal guys.

  • FOYOOSIS 6 months ago

    Close the Ghana Embassy in The Hague too. They don't serve any purpose because one cannot get anything directly from the Embassy. Their online visa section runs a secret service.

    Apparently, they've liased with ticket/tra ...
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  • TT 6 months ago

    THE EXTRA FEE HES TALKING ABOUT IS THE RETURN POSTAGE FEE. IT COST $10 TO MAIL YOUR PASSPORT VIA USPS PRIORITY BUT THE EMBASSY CHARGE $29.75 TO RETURN THE PASSPORT AFTER PROCESS. 20$ EXTRA.

  • Donatus 6 months ago

    Adu Boahene part II

  • NPP THUGS ARE BEING FISHED OUT. THEY CAN BURN THE SEA 6 months ago

    NPP ARE LEECHES, to suck dry every area of the country. These die hard, loud mouths and shameless criminals, need to be rooted out forcefully if Ghana should positively move forward. It has been business as usual, evil thieve ...
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  • Ataa Ayi 6 months ago

    Fantastic job, Ablakwa. Continue your good work for Mother Ghana; we love you, son.

  • Jeff 6 months ago

    When Ghanaians will understand what is right corruption that was going on at the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC has been going on for ages as it has now been noticed by the right government some stupid Ghanians are up critici ...
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  • Jeff 6 months ago

    When Ghanaians will understand what is right corruption that was going on at the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC has been going on for ages as it has now been noticed by the right government some stupid Ghanians are up critici ...
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  • gh 6 months ago

    i know is a stupid democrazy, but those attacking Ablakwa are you normal, one person is taking people money for five (5) years for himself alone, and because of politics people are attacking ABlakwa, waooooo..

  • Shut down the whole Foreign Ministry!! 6 months ago

    But why should the other innocent staff be affected. Why doesnt he shut down the whole Foreign Ministry as well.

  • Donatus 6 months ago

    So, some people have really been citizens and not spectators? Ghana, ye te sika so ampah!

  • Truth 6 months ago

    Ghana! Ghanaians and corruption! No patriotism cos they don't recruit the proper people... everything is politicized in Ghana...their cups are full... remember there is nothing hidden that won't be uncovered....it's a matter ...
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  • Anne 6 months ago

    Speaking as a person who does not live in Ghana it is so nice to finally see a government that is tackling corruption head on. Well done to them.

  • The Truth 6 months ago

    I am ready to provide full detail. the other accomplice is called JOE who happened to be an errand guy working with Foreign Affair in Ghana, they successfully took 15 thousand US dollars FOR UN SCHOOL IN USA WHICH FIRST BATCH ...
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  • Ashley 6 months ago

    What has this got to do with NPP? An individual employee at the embassy is caught in corrupt practices and people are relating it to NPP? For all we know those individual could be an NDC supporter!

  • Audit and Punishment 6 months ago

    This issue has been happening since the npp in power. Ghanaians were crying abroad but no help because the npp government and Pres. Nana Addo knew what was going on. Shut up

  • Jojo 6 months ago

    Bravo I’m living it

  • Akwadaa Nyame 6 months ago

    The culprits name is KWARTENG. Any further questions? The rot is deep, thank you. CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

  • Ewvevi 6 months ago

    Ao, ao ,ao. These people with these names. Kwarteng, Fenteng, Owusu, Amponsah, Obeng, Assibey, Agyemang, Opoku, Adjei, Kessie, Gyimah, Kyeretwie, Sarpong, Osei, Sarfo, Gyamfi, Boateng, etc etc. WHAT AT AAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL IS ...
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  • Audit and Punishment 6 months ago

    Great job. Ggana Embassy in New York too, also needs to be audited

  • Marcus 6 months ago

    Corrupt Old Man Akuffo Addo Led Government Was A Waste Of Time Two Terms Wasted And A FAILURE A MONUMENTAL ONE

  • Will 6 months ago

    Good job,Arrest all the thieves

  • Abrewatia 6 months ago

    NPP and national wreckage is like 6 and 5. They go together waa. The matemeho group has always been Ghana's undoing.

  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 6 months ago

    NDC AKROMFUO STARTED DOING THIS FIRST!
    THAT’S NDC OWN MODUS OPERANDI, OKUDZETO ABLAKWA AND HIS NDC ARE VERY GOOD AT SWINDLING GHANAIANS THROUGH VISA APPLICATIONS I FIRST BLEW NDC’S LID WHEN I WROTE THIS ARTICLE IN 2017- ...
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  • Jb 6 months ago

    What happens to visa applications now?my daughter has applied for a visa through the Arkansas consular general and her flight is I'm two weeks time. She had been tracking the mail in vain and nobody is answering her call ...
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  • Momoni 6 months ago

    I had the same issues, your daughter can call Dr.Couston at the Arkansas office and he might pick up. I have his number but can’t put it out on this platform

  • Kwame Tawiah 6 months ago

    THIS SAME THING IS GOING ON IN THE NEDERLANDS AT THE MOMENT,THE VISA FEE IS 60 EURO BUT BY PAYMENT YOU ARE LINKED TO STICHTING MOLLIE PAYMENTS WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER NL51DEUT0265262461 WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY 70.30 EURO, A DIFFERE ...
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  • Sister Soulja 6 months ago

    All those insulting Ablakwa are thieves, a criminal minded bunch of unpatriotic Ghanaians.

  • Michael Addo 6 months ago

    The same thing is going on new York

  • GhanaBeyond Aid 6 months ago

    Mr Digital Dr Bawumia proclaimed that he wanted to institute e visa process to streamline the visa application 8 years ago but did nothing because the party knew that all of the Ghanaian consulate and Embassies are stealing m ...
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  • Nana 6 months ago

    Thanks for the embassy closure, we want to see those corrupt individuals or groups severely punished. What the minister is saying is true. They created a fake company that takes huge amount of money from we the customers befo ...
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  • Mosesmm 6 months ago

    Ablakwa resign and stop spreading Useless news.

  • The Voltarian 6 months ago

    The truth hurts, doesn't it. We will expose all the rot of the NPP over the past 8 years.

  • Daniel. 6 months ago

    The Minister must extend the investigation to the consulate in New York.

  • Rebrand Ghana 6 months ago

    There should be a national referendum to change the name Ghana
    back to " The Gold Coast:.

    We are known all the world for our Gold. That is the reason why the western explorers- The Portuguese came to Ghana.

    The legis ...
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  • Mohammed Ramanu 6 months ago

    Well done, the right decision by the Minister .

  • traveler 6 months ago

    What happens to pending visa applications that people are waiting on? All official processes followed, published fees paid, airline tickets purchased. Who is ensuring continuity in those services in a timely manner?

  • Wicked Intentions 6 months ago

    Every country charged visa fees so what did this retarded imbecile talking about.Frankly speaking NDC is a useless fools party

  • Afua 6 months ago

    So how do we get our passport and visa application done. I am in the process of getting my passport. The passport application here in the U S is complicated. If you live in another state you have to traveled all the way to Wa ...
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  • Karma 6 months ago

    HYPOCRITES,:....
    REMOVE THE LOG THAT'S IN YOUR EYE BEFORE YOU REMOVE SOMEONE'S....

  • Firing Squad 6 months ago

    How are those applying for Ghanaian Passport and Visa do to get them. Something has to be done as soon as possible.

  • Kona 6 months ago

    Is this not a diversionary action by Ablakwa? Why such an internal disciplinary action be posted on social media. What Ghanaians are saying is that Mr Principled man, resign. Otherwise all that you were doing in opposition wa ...
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  • Jb 6 months ago

    Everywhere NPP goes, corruption flows. Stealing is a religion to them.

  • George Osei 6 months ago

    NDC is listening to that buffoon called Kevin Taylor,
    I now understand that, he is fooling because of NDC.

  • Zakarakis 6 months ago

    President Mahama is God sent. Imagine, for 5 long years, there was DIPLOMATIC STEALING going on in Washington and nobody could uncover it. So, what was Ayorkor Botchway doing as Foreign Affairs Minister?. Great job by Okudjet ...
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  • Captein 6 months ago

    Fantastic occurrence so will this seasoned bad person be prosecuted for the admittance of crime against Ghana people in the Washington catchment area and Ghana to serve as a deterrent to others who may find themselves in the ...
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  • Ali 6 months ago

    This is evidence of what GENERATIONAL LEADERS DO, and any body against this is evidence of Evil Being. Allah bless n protect you Mr Minister

  • AMENDOS 6 months ago

    We are doomed. Sick country sick pple. We cause our own suffering

  • Koppong 6 months ago

    Corrupt Embassy officials, I decided to use Ghana card

  • Will 6 months ago

    Some Ghanaians are naturally born bad , some media panelists always say the use of I.t. Will reduce human interference thereby reducing corruption. Ghana man , hmmmm . I hope they don't just sack him ,he must be prosecuted fo ...
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  • Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 6 months ago

    GEORGE OSEI THE ANTELOPE TOILET SOUP EATER. IT HAS DESTROYED YOUR BRAINS

  • Barima Kyei. 6 months ago

    I am glad the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. has found this out,I had to pay a bribe of $100 to an embassy staff in Washington DC before I could get a visa to travel to Ghana the land of my birth,just because I have a USA passp ...
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  • Sammy 6 months ago

    This have been going on for sometime you have to go through agent to get what you need.

  • Hmm 6 months ago

    They are doingvthiscto cover thecdubtantive isdue of the private plane saga

  • the Villager 6 months ago

    EVERYTHING ABOUT AKUFO ADDO'S GOVT IS A CRIME SCENE.

  • True Akan 6 months ago

    Our people like corruption too much always disgracing our tribesmen

  • DTR 6 months ago

    Thank you Mr. Minister.
    They had the worst customer service I had ever experienced. Even the foreigners who were contracted in the Chicago outlet were more polite, respectful, and courteous than the Ghanaian citizens in that ...
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  • Akufo-Addo 6 months ago

    Everywhere Akufo-Addo has been there is thievery, robbery, bribery, murder you name it. Everything criminal is associated with the impotent imbecile. The man is a born criminal.

  • Ama 6 months ago

    It's not on the blind side the whole Ghana embassy in DC is aware of this practice. I had my passport processing down at DC but went to pick it up Ghana Travel at 30 dollars and you have to pay cash no receipt issued. If you ...
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  • Augustina Quayson 6 months ago

    Please Okudzeto Ablakwa, if a staff member commits an offense, you deal with the staff member but you do not close down a whole embassy because of the offense of a staff member Please Okudzeto Ablakwa are you go ...
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  • Sargeant Amani 6 months ago

    Ghana is working again

  • Akora 6 months ago

    Corrupticons at all Ghana High Commission and Embassies

  • Tilly 6 months ago

    How can you shut down the embassy without consideration for people who have paid for visas awaiting travel? My trip is on Thursday. They started our visa process on the 15th. I haven’t received the passports with visas yet. ...
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  • Akora 6 months ago

    Temporarily shut down

    The cause of Corruption

  • Tt 6 months ago

    Good to hear, but could you please tell us when you are going to resign. A man with no integrity cannot fight corruption

  • K Poku-London-UK 6 months ago

    Africa needs selfless Leaders like Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania were PATRIOTS-Kwame Nkrumah NEVER BUILT ONE ROOM OR A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF. Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, lived on a FARM after he r ...
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  • GD 6 months ago

    Well done our able minister

  • ABREWA 6 months ago

    A very foolish act by too know little minded Ablakwa.
    He wants to be seen working but is rather causing harm
    and great embarrassment to himself and this country.
    He is not even fit to be a Minister of state.
    Relieve ...
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  • Seth Tony Bonsu 6 months ago

    The Embassy should have been closed down about 50 years ago. You can call the embassy from morning till evening, and nobody will answer your call yet there is a front desk.
    Sometimes you will have to cancel a flight just bec ...
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  • Sasabonsam 6 months ago

    I’m wondering if the Ghana ambassador wasn’t aware of the scam. Passport were being issued left and right from booklets assigned to the U.S. embassy but a worker had an unauthorized link and was pocketing ALL the proceeds ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 6 months ago

    Dead news to some of us. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs were informed about the shenanigans going on in the US in a Zoom conference organised from London in the middle of 2022 by some participants in the US. They said they w ...
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  • Wiase 6 months ago

    Ok

  • CB 6 months ago

    I hope you someone investigate thr ViSa on Arrival team at Kotoka.My friend whom visited me and was aware he needs 200 dollars
    Immigration officer took 150 dollars and issued the Visa.They are as corrupt as the embassy staf ...
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  • Sticko 6 months ago

    Why closed it down when you can just removed the individuals involved?!?? Talking about incompetence..,!

  • Isaac Boamah 6 months ago

    Ablakwa is only finding a way to replace them with NDC coconut heads.

  • Eric 6 months ago

    Bad decision. This is what happens when you follow the advice of hawks Kevin Taylor.