Moroccan Ambassador snubs KIA immigration

This may sound unpalatable to the year yet true that the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Ghana H.E Mrs. Nesha Alaoui M’HAMMDI blatantly despised Ghana’s immigration authorities at the prestigious Kotoka International Airport (KIA) when she refused to go through formalities.

The ambassador who had arrived at the KIA about 5:45am on 1st September 2014 via air Maroc expressed her fury at the protocol officers right on the tarmac questioning the rationale behind her being picked up with one of the flushed urvan vehicles used to pick diplomats and other distinguished personalities including Diplomats.

According to Citizenghana.com sources at the KIA it is characteristic of the Moroccan ambassador to Ghana anytime she flew in.

As if expressing her displeasure at the vehicle which was used to pick her and others at the tarmac, Mrs. Nesha Alaoui M’HAMMDI publicly ignored laid down processes of tendering your passport for verification and subsequent stamping of it to indicate your presence in Ghana.

Sources at the VIP said ‘’no amount of plea by the immigration officers caught the eye of the furious looking diplomats.’’

‘’she left in haste to sit in her waiting official car and drove off in total disrespect and disregard of both due procedure and the workers at the VIP lounge to the total awe and utter surprise by onlookers.’’

This attitude shown by the Moroccan ambassador is despicable and condemnable. How dare any Ghanaian to go to Rabat or Casablanca to behave as such.

Her consistent show of disregard to the rules of the land leaves much to be desire and has the potential of cracking the good relationship between Accra and Casablanca.

The sources said the Moroccan ambassador after satisfying her ego many hours later sent her driver to present her passport to the VIP immigration for it to be stamped.

What prompted the ambassador the way she did on that fateful day? The act was not only shameful but a threat to our security for a foreign diplomat to have flouted the country’s laws with such impunity.

This is not an issue to be swept under the carpet. Ghana is a sovereign state and should be respected as such.

At the time of going to press our sources at the foreign ministry had hinted that immediate steps have been taken to call the ambassador to order.

citizenghana.com is following this development and will bring you further details as it unfolds.