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Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to US visa restrictions

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  • Nye bro 5 months ago

    This is the result of Ablakwa's bloated ego... Gyimie nkoaa!!!

  • John 5 months ago

    It shd be a lesson to the youth,when you keep on insulting your elders bcoz you envy their position, one day you will be there to face more problems than them.This guy has been cursed to Fail.

  • Nonsensical statements. Address the issues not grammar 5 months ago

    All you have said has nothing to do with the reduction from 5 years multiple entry to 3 months single entry. Speak a little sense.

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  • Kay 5 months ago

    Minister is a Confused thief.

  • Amanda 5 months ago

    Even shit and urine are better than “glass breaking teeth “ Ablakwa.

    Egoistic fool.

  • Karikakchar 5 months ago

    How did we get here? Only when we present daft Ablakwa and arrogant Ofosu Kwakye as the leaders of the nation will we be treated this way. Yes the NDC is in power now but please attach more importance to matters of foreign af ...
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  • Obri Siaw 5 months ago

    This is needless explanation that can’t mitigate the uncomfortable reality Ghanaian travelers face. It was the vice president Nana Opoku Agyeman who first fired salvos to Donald Trump about US aids to Africa. Then our own P ...
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  • Truetalk 5 months ago

    Stupid and foolish people too grow to become elders.
    Not all elders are respected. America is falling

  • Jason 5 months ago

    Why you guys hate Ablakua because he exposed your Nana addo and cathedral corruption

  • Karikakchar 5 months ago

    Jason reason up no one hates Ablakwa, he is just an empty barrel making most noise. We need smarter people to do that work. Ablakwa the propagandist baby with sharp teeth can just not be effective in this position

  • Fianyo 5 months ago

    Shameful and Egoistic Ablakwa. Have you seen your smoothness level now ? You thought you were more intelligent and knowledgeable than everybody else. Your evil propaganda against the National Cathedral has backfired in your ...
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  • BrooklynAllDay24/7 5 months ago

    Massa,,, the damage has been already done and I hope trump revoked your children born in America illegally their passport...Aboatoliwa,,, you filthy Akan hater idiot bastard...POS.... FAFO

  • Mahama 24 Hour Economy is Real & West Togoland independence 5 months ago

    Sacked thisfoolish Ablakwa. The roleis not for novices like Ablakwa.

    Give The role toa senior person. Where is Ekow Spio Gabrah

  • Karikakchar 5 months ago

    A good suggestion, we need a person with diplomatic experience at this stage and not a mere inexperienced propagandists. Foreign affairs is very serious business!

  • Steve Kaye London 5 months ago

    I just cannot understand how this buffoon Ablakwa should be made the foreign minister of our beloved country.

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  • Kwame krampah 5 months ago

    Say it again

  • USELESS OKUJATO MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS NOT AN SRC POSITION. IT IS A REAL WORLD GOVERNMENT POSITION ON! 5 months ago

    THIS STUPID BRAINLESS USELESS IGNORANT MINISTER MUST KNOW THAT OVER 90% OF US PASSPORT HOLDERS APPLYING FOR VISA TO GHANA ARE ACTUALLY GHANAIANS WHO HAVE NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES. TRUMP AND THE US GOVERNMENT IS AWARE ...
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  • Atta Kay 5 months ago

    U go Tayaa explain saaa till U are kick out in 2028.We told your Incompetent Visionless Aimless boss JDM that you lack work experience to be Foreign Minister but refused.U Go Die on the Job if U No Resign.

  • Babies with Sharp teeth 5 months ago

    Babies with sharp teeth. You thought that diplomacy is done with loud mouth. Now you see your level. The only regrettable part is the suffering you have brought to innocent citizens who will bear the brunt of this visa restri ...
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  • Agbeli Kumordzi 5 months ago

    This is not a problem if Ghanaians have to oay 200 dollars for visa then of course Americans also have to pay the same amount to obtain Ghana visitor's visa
    Is the same as the Trump tariffs policy
    The best obtion is to clos ...
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  • Jubilee House Rat. 5 months ago

    Aboa! Now your incompetent government is smelling the humbling pie.

  • A 5 months ago

    STUPID GRAMMAR FROM THIS STUPID AND USELESS FOREIGN MINISTER GHANA HAS EVER HAD. USELESS BOY, STUPID BOY. YOU SEE WHERE YOUR STUPID ARROGANT BEHAVIOUR HAS LANDED GHANA? YOU ARE A FOOL

  • Tonto 5 months ago

    I have always be on the side of KT Hammond. If you leave it to the young boys , they will always spoil the soup.

  • OGyam 5 months ago

    @Tonto,can you tell us any useful thing old Akufo Addo, KT Hammond, Osaafo Marfo and Kofi Jumah did for us apart from stealing what belong to us?

  • JDM 5 months ago

    @OGYAM!! at least our visas weren't restricted!! foolish person! ofui

  • Medusa 5 months ago

    First, the release suggests a unilateral and abrupt change by the U.S. Government without adequately acknowledging the shared responsibility to uphold visa compliance. Visa reciprocity is guided by data, including overstay ra ...
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  • Yaw 5 months ago

    This ablakwa and his emotional intelligence disability. Why Mahama gave him this position is still another topic.

  • Kofi Akwetey 5 months ago

    When Shirley Botchway was Foreign Minister, she negotiated visa-free access for Ghanaians to multiple countries. Not a single country tightened visa restrictions for Ghanaians. Her diplomatic acumen was widely acknowledged an ...
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  • OGyam 5 months ago

    @Kofi, stop the nonsense, idiotic and deranged Trump is doing it to countries like Canada, Brazil etc.. The lying president even wants to deport Elon Musk who spent over 300,illion dollars of his money to help him lie and w ...
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  • MARY MAVIS GYAMFIWAA 5 months ago

    OGYAM, your name even tells how a congenital simpleton you are.You either lack comprehension, brainless or both. The problem Donald Trump has with Canada, Brazil, etc is not about reckless and misguided behavior of an incompe ...
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  • Koby 5 months ago

    His teeth like crocodile skin..siaaaa kwa

  • KO 5 months ago

    The foreign minister could have alerted the US that the federal and state governments poach some of the students to work for them. Thank you.

  • Star from the North 5 months ago

    Some of you are attacking the minister because you are shithole Ghanaian citizens. Where were you bastards when the US raises concerns about visa overstays of third world countries? Nigeria is part of this potential ban or re ...
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  • LIBERIA HAS A .. 5 months ago

    The visa overstay rate for Liberians is 48%. Why were Liberians not hit with the same penaltybut instesd their President got a red carpet from the US.

    Simple because President Boakai does not insult Americans nor their Pre ...
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  • Karikakchar 5 months ago

    Obviously some common sense is required which the foreign minister lacks. Plain short and simple

  • Kk 5 months ago

    Mahama must change Okudzeto asap. He is unfit for this role.

  • Citizen vigilante 5 months ago

    Very bad for genuine citizens , where is proper diplomacy from the Foreign Minister. He talks plenty, quick tempered. Right from his vetting you can see disaster. Where is the reduction in Passport fees he announced ? The peo ...
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  • Prophet 5 months ago

    ??? SPARE OUR EARS!!! Are you now seeing the gravity of your lack of decorum? Minister, all your explanation should be humbly submitted to your American counterparts you thought you had to spar with!!! I am sure civil or publ ...
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  • IK 5 months ago

    How many visas have been issued to Ghanaians by China, Russian etc ?, USA, UK France, Ghana, Italy, Canada, etc must be respected at all times manyof Ghanaians are part of them. We are proud of them,of all they are not destro ...
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  • Too known,lies and propaganda 5 months ago

    You see your ugly self?Disgraceful and disgusting.Tour foolishness is on the next level

  • Tornado 5 months ago

    He thinks we use babies with sharp teeth are used for diplomacy. Ablakwa continue to behave as if he is still a student.
    Mahama resets must not be with the help of activities but intelligent and wellmannered diplomats.
    Abla ...
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  • IK 5 months ago

    How many visas have been issued to Ghanaians by China, Russian etc ?, USA, UK France, Canada, Italy, Canada, etc must be respected at all times manyof Ghanaians are part of them. We are proud of them,of all they are not destr ...
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  • Concern Citizen 5 months ago

    There is no need to explain. This is the reward of your sovereign state comment. There has been over stay by people since time in memorial in US. So please don't use that as a reason for the three months visa given. Ablakwa, ...
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  • K 5 months ago

    It will be a wise thing for Ghana if we stop rebutting the US in the media...President Mahama should not have talk about the feud between Trump and the DA president no matter what US is a world power and we are still struggli ...
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  • OZYMANDIAS 5 months ago

    The problem is with Ghana's current Minister of Foreign Affairs. Did his bloated and incompetent ego advised him to bite the finger that feeds his country? Donald Trump may be a terrible President, but he is certainly not stu ...
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  • Reformer 5 months ago

    Are we sure that Ablakwa is cut for this job? He is abrasive and inexperienced which is not good for diplomacy. This is not loose talk and display of useless political rhetoric.

  • Esa 5 months ago

    You are a sovereign state... so the the USA. Wo se s3 akape Okudjeto Ablakwa...gbevu.
    ..

  • Village Minister Ablakwa 5 months ago

    This Ablakwa guy is not fit for a foreign minister.
    No diplomacy in his engagements. Maybe the lies about the cathedral is having an effect. Stupid guy. Why is your sister in the USA

  • Alhassan 5 months ago

    Are you telling me there is no more experience hand in the NDC for such a sensitive role? John Mahama 4 years is not 10 years; In a years time, you will have only one effective year left so start working for Ghana and stop pl ...
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  • MB 5 months ago

    Never be clever in your own eyes. 2028 is few seconds away. The oral would start from 1992. Just now you are being accused of stealing $1.2m from the coffers. The day awaits for everyone. Your actions are calculated. You are ...
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  • ALSO MAHAMA's ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE UK GUARDIAN ATTACKING THE USA WAS NOT HELPFUL!! 5 months ago

    That Article was in support of South Africa's Ramophosa . At around the same time Ramophosa was making his way to the US to make amends with Trump.

    That Article by Mahama worsened by Ablakwas insults contributed to this pu ...
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  • JDM 5 months ago

    hehehe...this guy can't shush!

  • Gborlahn 5 months ago

    Seriously, what's it about the US that gets people all worked up about visa restrictions? I don't get it. I see the US hype as similar to iPhone hype. No substance to it at all.

  • Citizen vigilante 5 months ago

    How can a Foreign Minister use taxpayers money to travel to a meeting just to abstain from voting? Ablakwa should refund his per diem and TnT . He has caused big financial loss in this case. He knew the Govt position so he s ...
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  • JDM 5 months ago

    the ofili minister is causing havoc!!!

  • Kofi Akwetey 5 months ago

    Diplomacy is about quiet negotiations behind the scenes, not press conferences.

  • Tweaa 5 months ago

    Remember the saying that S3 WO MA WO HO SO A NYANKOPON BER3 WOASE

  • Asem 5 months ago

    Ghana is a paradise, why should Ghanaians waste money to go to Gay countries.

  • K.B ASANTE 5 months ago

    At this stage of global uncertainities, this Foreign Minister role should have gone to some of the most experienced hands in the NDC eg either Spio
    Garbah or for that matter Totobi Kwakye despite his autism.

  • Tweaa 5 months ago

    Mr Minister , be mindful of how you select your words especially when it comes to America, be respectful for America has helped Ghana a lot , rather pray for each American President past and present for God’s guidance for ...
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  • GHANA FIRST ALL THE WAY 5 months ago

    America and Trump can go to hell. We are proud to be Ghanaians and just as we respect others, they must also respect us.

  • Tell Your People to Return Home! 5 months ago

    Then ask your students to return to Ghana and contribute with what our Universities have taught them. Not to run away and become illegal immigrants cleaning other people's toilets with their degrees!

  • Rich 5 months ago

    Mr. Trump, please, I am a Ghanaian but visa restrictions alone is not enough for Ghana, put more restrictions on them to humble them more, please. The minister said Ghana is a sovereign State and a sovereign State does not ne ...
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  • Nana 5 months ago

    If Mahama fails to remove Ablakwa from the foreign ministry, things are going to get worse. Some of us here in US will write to President Trump to make things worse for government appointees for corrupt practices.

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  • world 5 months ago

    its you baby with sharp teeth.The late President Rawlings is now crying for ghanaians that i told you so avoid these people but you ghanaians didnt listern.

  • Kofi Ghana 5 months ago

    You are only a big fool and too known. You speak foolishly. Now you and your Mahama should think about how you will remedy the situation. Good luck to you fools.

  • MARY MAVIS GYAMFIWAA 5 months ago

    What is in this communique?

  • MARY MAVIS GYAMFIWAA 5 months ago

    So , SHARP-EVIL TEETH ABLAKWA, how did you come by $51 million US Dollars misappropriated at the National Cathedral that turned out to be false, according to the Deloitte & Touche auditing firm? How can you dream of evil, thi ...
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  • nana addo the dwarf criminal / BAN NPP 5 months ago

    We dont give the about the US VISA. Ablakwa is not a US Puppet. Stop beggin. Lets fight and build our country and earn respect. We wont allow that buffon to take us for granted. The US army should leave our country. It`s t ...
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  • nana addo the dwarf criminal / BAN NPP 5 months ago

    We dont give the about the US VISA. Ablakwa is not a US Puppet. Stop beggin. Lets fight and build our country and earn respect. We wont allow that buffon to take us for granted. The US army should leave our country. It`s t ...
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  • SOKOTO GIANT 5 months ago

    There is never a shortage of sociopaths and shameless masqueraders in politics.

  • CARGO BULL 5 months ago

    VERY SOON TRUMP will ban all suspected corrupt African politicians fron entering America. MARK MY WORDS.
    He will be doing all of us a favour and then suddenly we will all start to sing his praises.
    LONG LIVE DONALD TRUMP.

  • Paul 5 months ago

    This is the Man of the Moment. I pray and hope that either him or Sam George will be the next flagbearer of the NDC. These two are young, smart and savvy.