Passport office shut down

The Greater Accra regional passport office at Ridge has been closed down to the public.

According to Officials, the move was necessitated by an electrical fault which is disrupting work at the facility and has affected the main printers used to print the passports.

The passport office is likely to open to the public on Friday, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Habib Tijani, has announced.

“When we got an impression of what happened, an inspection was done and quickly we are working on it. Hopefully, by Friday, everything will be restored because currently, we are working on the wiring at the same time we are working on the fire system. We have the Ghana National Fire Service who are working on the fire system,” Tijani told Accra-based Citi FM.

The government has given the strongest indication it will overhaul the passport office to streamline acquisition of passports.