The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Fuseini Yakubu Abanga, has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to apologise and resign over allegations surrounding the issuance of Ghanaian service passports.
Mr Abanga accused the minister of overseeing the allocation of service passports to people who did not meet the required eligibility criteria. He said Mr Ablakwa should publicly account for the matter and step aside while the relevant investigative authorities establish the full circumstances independently.
The demand follows a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs detailing measures taken in response to concerns about the administration and issuance of service passports. Those measures include the creation of an investigative committee, the interdiction of officers and the referral of the case to the police.
However, Mr Abanga questioned whether the ministry’s response went far enough. He accused Mr Ablakwa of failing to give a complete account of the allegations and of not addressing issues raised by the Minority in Parliament.
In a statement directed at the minister on Sunday, November 8,2026, the NPP National Youth Organiser said the matter required full disclosure and accountability. He criticised what he described as selective explanations and attempts to compare the current situation with previous administrations.
Mr Abanga also asked why alleged irregularities dating back to 2023 had not been raised by Mr Ablakwa during his anti-corruption advocacy before he took office in 2025.
He said that if such practices had existed in the passport administration system at the time, the minister should explain why they were not mentioned during his earlier public campaigns against corruption.
Referring to Mr Ablakwa’s oath of office, Mr Abanga argued that the minister had a responsibility to give the Ghanaian public an accurate and complete account of what had happened.
“The Minority intercepted far many wrongly issued service passports under your watch than you stated in this massage cover-up of a statement,” Mr Abanga alleged.
He further claimed that the ministry’s statement had left out details concerning people who were allegedly issued service passports without meeting the necessary conditions.
Mr Abanga specifically named Ayisha Issah, Gyaaba Anthony and Twumasi Francis Kwame, claiming that they had received service passports despite allegedly not being eligible for the documents.
He said the individuals had been given official designations including Deputy Director of Aquaculture Specialist, Director of Geological and Deputy Director of Climate Change Specialist, in connection with the Fisheries Commission and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO).
According to Mr Abanga, some of the positions cited in support of the passport applications do not exist within the relevant public institutions.
He questioned how those designations could have been used to support the applications and called for the allegations to be investigated thoroughly.
