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Applicants complain about frustration at passport office

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  • Kenny_A (NY) 9 years ago

    It's too much frustrating ????. We can do better. Why middle men or "gboro" boys?

  • Kenny_A (NY) 9 years ago

    It's too much frustrating ????. We can do better. Why middle men or "gboro" boys?

  • obuorba b.y 9 years ago

    The solution is to decentralisd the process of acquiring pportsDe

  • Goldcoaster 9 years ago

    It would present the same problems. I can frankly tell you that it is ONLY in Ghana that you have these problems.

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    I took my 15 year old son to a public library in a US city to apply for a US passport. The whole process was so simple and transparent. When we completed, I told him if it were in Ghana, all the agents would be finding ways o ...
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  • ROGUE LAWYER 9 years ago

    who told These good for nothing idiots that it is only in the national where data can only be collected?
    It is a high treasonable crime to frustrate the very People you are governing in this way and treated them like animal ...
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  • Joseph 9 years ago

    You save some money and buy a plot of land.Everything is correct and published.To get your certificate takes you 2 to 3 years,when you pay bribe it takes a little less time but they always find ways to collect before you reci ...
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  • Paul 9 years ago

    Is true, I experienced the same thing

  • Nii boye 9 years ago

    Look at the size of americas population it does.nt take a month to get a passport stupid country with stupid leaders.nonsense

  • Plasma 9 years ago

    Ghana we have a problem. We need a database for everything, that can help most government departments. My passport is still there since November last year and I've pay to the so called middle men but still . God have merc ...
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  • Alex Boatang 9 years ago

    Now l see everybody is expecting pr.mahamah and his ndc to fix everything which went wrong from1957 to 2012.We all knew this passport problem ,now we are complaining

  • Congo Soja 9 years ago

    the only thing you can get instant is when these politicians needs our vote.
    VOTERS ID.

  • GAK 9 years ago

    It is sad. I went to the passport office in Accra and I saw people sweating profusely and others chased out as though they are criminals because they didn't have a middleman holding their hands or were not in suit in the suns ...
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  • Amidini 9 years ago

    Passport office nobody can rule out corruption there.

  • karamo 9 years ago

    who is a middleman here and employed by...?The department needs to operate professionally.
    How on earth can even the security man be a conduct issues of passport?

  • Martin 9 years ago

    To most Ghanaians, acquiring a passport is seen as something prestigious, hence the high demand for passport whether an applicant is travelling or not. As a result, the system is clogged up with frivolous applications. If on ...
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  • Rb Ohemeng 9 years ago

    Its amazing when it comes to acquiring passport in ghana.
    I wonderful how I will feel to be called the director for the passport office. Will walk with shame.
    No wonder ghana has been ranked least in education. The minds we ...
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  • Mr. Mensah 9 years ago

    The median interviewed Hon. Minister Hannah Tetteh last two weeks and he mentioned measures been taken to improve on the bad condition at this office. Can the media pls follow up validate what is currently going and call o ...
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  • Aba bee 9 years ago

    Hmm the so called security man will not allow you to go inside if you didn't mention the name of someone who is working there. A new Ghanaian passport cost 700 to 900 ghs if you don't have that money to bribe 1 gate man and t ...
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  • Francis 8 years ago

    Soo many complains are they even followed up? and by who?
    because i have just been denied of entering the compound of the passport office after joining the queue since 4:00am just because i did not have a certificate to my p ...
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