Era of manual passport applications must end - Bawumia

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (INVISIBLE FORCE) 8 years ago

####AUTHOR: SAFOA -------- There were campaign T-shirts and scarves with Lordina's portraits . Even the campaign song onaapo had Lordina mentioned in it. On voting day people went looking for Lordina on the ballot to vote for ...
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####AUTHOR: SAFOA -------- There were campaign T-shirts and scarves with Lordina's portraits . Even the campaign song onaapo had Lordina mentioned in it. On voting day people went looking for Lordina on the ballot to vote for her and once she was not on it they went back home without casting their vote. Lordina should contest the next election . Bogus campaign with bogus campaign managers
KOFI AKYEM 8 years ago

BAWUMIA AND NANA PLEASE WE NEED ALL YOUR PROMISES NOT PASSPORT. DON'T FOOL YOURSELF. WE NEED THE REDUCTION IN UTILITY BILLS FIRST NOWWWWWWW BAWUMIA.

BAWUMIA AND NANA PLEASE WE NEED ALL YOUR PROMISES NOT PASSPORT. DON'T FOOL YOURSELF. WE NEED THE REDUCTION IN UTILITY BILLS FIRST NOWWWWWWW BAWUMIA.
De Trainers 8 years ago

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AGBESI KWESI 8 years ago

According to a story on Ghanaweb, "The Eastern regional Secretary of Ghana Journalists Association, Maxwell Kudekor, entreated the Universities in Ghana to collaborate with the media to find solutions to national problems thr ...
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According to a story on Ghanaweb, "The Eastern regional Secretary of Ghana Journalists Association, Maxwell Kudekor, entreated the Universities in Ghana to collaborate with the media to find solutions to national problems through researches.
He appealed to KTU to offer scholarship opportunities to Journalists to be train[ed] in various academic disciplines, especially Engineering, Environment and Technology to build capacity of journalists to help communicate effectively in these fields to support the industrial drive of the country."
It is time Ghanaian go back to learn from the British and Nigerians when it comes to journalism and this exonerates JB Dankwa's assertion that Ghana was not ripe for independence. Look, in Nigeria journalism is offered for only one year and you cannot use WASSCE Cert to enter their school of Journalism. Their entry requirement is a university degree, HND, Army School Cert, Police College Cert, Charted accountancy Cert, etc, and so by the time an individual completes the one year programme they already have their academic or professional background to work with. This diversifies the field of journalism and brings everybody on board. You see, Ghana is so backward in everything. Thanks to our useless university education that seeks to suppress polytechnic graduates at all cost.
Brobbey@50 8 years ago

Hope the online system with wipe off all those acting as connection men attached to the passport office. We should fine a similar way of addressing the renewal of the driving license.

Hope the online system with wipe off all those acting as connection men attached to the passport office. We should fine a similar way of addressing the renewal of the driving license.
Omane 8 years ago

Instead of addressing the problem head-on, Bawumia comes up with another airy-fairy nonsense! Even United Kingdom has not abandoned manual passport applications. Everything is done through various post offices and they are ve ...
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Instead of addressing the problem head-on, Bawumia comes up with another airy-fairy nonsense! Even United Kingdom has not abandoned manual passport applications. Everything is done through various post offices and they are very efficient.

How many people have access to Bawumia"s on-line nonsense in Ghana? Instead of prosecuting the corrupt officials at the passport office,the bogus democrat comes up with another bull droppings!
Nii Akwei 8 years ago

You have a point my friend.

You have a point my friend.
babs 8 years ago

Yes no nonsense online passport application shit.........prosecute those bribe takers at the passport office.....

Yes no nonsense online passport application shit.........prosecute those bribe takers at the passport office.....
They Say They Say 8 years ago

I wonder when they are going to start tackling real issues, like unemployment, taxes and others instead of these cosmetic gestures. Where's the sense of urgency in security management, economy. By the way, what's the urgency ...
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I wonder when they are going to start tackling real issues, like unemployment, taxes and others instead of these cosmetic gestures. Where's the sense of urgency in security management, economy. By the way, what's the urgency in making it easy for citizens to migrate outside when you need people to help build the economy. It's always been the priority settings... unbelievable.
Nana will win 8 years ago

Omane you are stupid and not civilized . Maybe you are one of the goro boys.

Omane you are stupid and not civilized . Maybe you are one of the goro boys.

P.K.M. 8 years ago

How should a person in his right sense state that Ghana was not ripe for independence? So you wish the White men were still colonising us? You. You can continue to wallow in your foolishness! The CIA agent J.B. Danquah made t ...
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How should a person in his right sense state that Ghana was not ripe for independence? So you wish the White men were still colonising us? You. You can continue to wallow in your foolishness! The CIA agent J.B. Danquah made that unfortunate statement because he was not on the driving seat of independence. By the way, you can continue to lick the White man's anus we don't care.
RAO 8 years ago

Why do we only have a 5year passport when a 10 year period will minimise the renewals and hence the unnecessary queues. The same applies to driving licence they have all become income generating activities with their short li ...
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Why do we only have a 5year passport when a 10 year period will minimise the renewals and hence the unnecessary queues. The same applies to driving licence they have all become income generating activities with their short lifespans. Please make both 10 years minimum.
Apuuu!!!! 8 years ago

Mr. Bawumia, we can add online application to the manual one but not to push the manual one aside since not all of us have computer or can use computer. Even a developed country like Canada as a friend told me has both manual ...
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Mr. Bawumia, we can add online application to the manual one but not to push the manual one aside since not all of us have computer or can use computer. Even a developed country like Canada as a friend told me has both manual and online application forms.
Collins Mawuli 8 years ago

Omane, your analysis is flawed. It is true that not everybody have access to internet or go register online for his or her passport but let compare the two scenarios and judge: A client has to move to Accra to acquire a biom ...
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Omane, your analysis is flawed. It is true that not everybody have access to internet or go register online for his or her passport but let compare the two scenarios and judge: A client has to move to Accra to acquire a biometric passport, even most at times they will tell you to go and come the next day and the frustration associated with it, then the other scenario is instead of travelling to Accra, the individual can locate a nearby area where there is access to internet and the cafe attendant can be of help.
Omane 8 years ago

The online nonsense is riddled with post codes and zip codes and all the mumbo-jumbo crap that comes with it. Those in charge simply copy whatever they have seen on advanced countries websites which has no relevance to the or ...
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The online nonsense is riddled with post codes and zip codes and all the mumbo-jumbo crap that comes with it. Those in charge simply copy whatever they have seen on advanced countries websites which has no relevance to the ordinary Ghanaian.
Decentralising passport offices should even be at district level not regional.That said, restricting people to only on-line version is wholly disproportionate. Prosecuting the fraudsters and the rampant corrupt officials is an absolute cure to this intractable problem. Manual version must still be maintained as an option. Do not forget,internet cafe owners can easily have access to peoples sensitive and personal records.
Afrika Bravo 8 years ago

Is not becos the Passport Resource in Ghana is low , but just becos the Passport authorities do not working.infact they are very corrupt and Lazy and that is the Problem.You have to bribe them some amount Money before they st ...
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Is not becos the Passport Resource in Ghana is low , but just becos the Passport authorities do not working.infact they are very corrupt and Lazy and that is the Problem.You have to bribe them some amount Money before they statt to Work in it.very sad especially hier in Germany.
KOKU AMAGAFIO 8 years ago

On line application or manual application the Ghanaian passport officers who are very greedy and very very corrupt will block things at the end of the on line process for applicants to go down to the offices to give them brib ...
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On line application or manual application the Ghanaian passport officers who are very greedy and very very corrupt will block things at the end of the on line process for applicants to go down to the offices to give them bribes. They will create artificial hitches and invite applicants to their offices to give them bribes. They will use fraudulent means to embezzle amounts sent by applicants on line. If Dr Bawumia really wants to tackle the problems at the passport office,he must lay off all the corrupt officers over there and INVENT a revolutionary SYSTEM that will be CoRRUPTION FREE !
Nonsense 8 years ago

Bring in new officers. Sack all of them!

Bring in new officers. Sack all of them!
FCO 8 years ago

Ghana Post can not sort and deliver letters let alone handling passport applications, it will look like taking the bananas from the monkeys and giving it to the baboons.

Ghana Post can not sort and deliver letters let alone handling passport applications, it will look like taking the bananas from the monkeys and giving it to the baboons.
peter 8 years ago

Manual and online must move on together.The authorities must make sure that manual still exists as illiteracy rate is high.

Manual and online must move on together.The authorities must make sure that manual still exists as illiteracy rate is high.

Daddy JOE. 8 years ago

Gr8 thus good steps,but first of all,all the police officers who were claiming to be working at the passport office hv to be push out of the premises bcos they are the ones collecting the bribery of 500 ghc and later pushed ...
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Gr8 thus good steps,but first of all,all the police officers who were claiming to be working at the passport office hv to be push out of the premises bcos they are the ones collecting the bribery of 500 ghc and later pushed the envelope to some of the immigration officers within the passport office it's selve for de corruption,So my contribution to the government is all the police officers in the passport office must be push out,except the once on duty,bcos the police officers are not immigration officers and they hv no business at the passport office period, Some of our police officers are very corrupt to extent that we the people hv to begin to expose them if we mean business,tnx and God bless Ghana.
Jerry 8 years ago

Who watches over the watchman? Oftentimes the security personnel in these facilities rather end up perpetrating wrongdoing.
They collect monies from applicants at home and hand such monies and application forms to their corr ...
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Who watches over the watchman? Oftentimes the security personnel in these facilities rather end up perpetrating wrongdoing.
They collect monies from applicants at home and hand such monies and application forms to their corrupt and unfair officials who rather concentrate on such forms at the expense of the law-abiding applicants.
The way out is what the Veep has indicated. Those who are not Computer literate can hire the services of the many Computer literates all over the places including even in our villages.
Afeto Kosi 8 years ago

It is surprising that Dr. Bawumia is not familiar with passport processing in Ghana. It is sad to hear the Director is now thinking of giving badges to staff. They are all complicit in what goes on there. It's all about corr ...
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It is surprising that Dr. Bawumia is not familiar with passport processing in Ghana. It is sad to hear the Director is now thinking of giving badges to staff. They are all complicit in what goes on there. It's all about corruption. They use the process to make money.
Abeeku Mensah 8 years ago

Vice-president Dr. Bawumia should stick to his favorite sphere where he rules the day and leave other professional areas to those who pretend to be experts in their areas of education. We have had dumsor for years even while ...
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Vice-president Dr. Bawumia should stick to his favorite sphere where he rules the day and leave other professional areas to those who pretend to be experts in their areas of education. We have had dumsor for years even while there are Ghanaians who sell themselves as scientists and double E's or mechanical E's. We are still looking for supplemental energy sources while our skin get roasted by the sun but it never dorned on any policy maker how to seriously mandate the sun as a preferred energy source.
Does anyone in the NPP believe in paperless/electronic government systems? The answer is no. The NPP is a party that never believed in electronic footprints that will come back to bite them in the crooked ass. If Vice-president Bawumia is serious about online/electronic passport application processes he should do it the right way and not half ass like things the NPP and NDC have done all over Ghana in the almost 30 years of the two-party system. To do it right Ghana must have a reliable land based optic fiber backbone network system that is secured and has built-in alternate routing option should the main lines between any two major sections be interrupted by cuts or natural disaster. A passport applicant in Tamale must be able to call any regional or the Accra passport head office and get an answer on his/her application status in a minute. This can happen only when the network system is complete and comprehensive; nothing else will do. By the way the NPP does not and will not have any money left for infrastructure development when they get through with buying new cars for their undereducated, uneducated and educated but ignorant followers currently clamoring for every job and personal asset in Ghana along with their free school while elephant of an idea.
KWASI IN EUROPE 8 years ago

In Germany you can apply for a passport at the local council office (Rathaus) of the community in which you live. The passport will arrive and they will send you a message to come and collect it. It is simpler than eating kok ...
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In Germany you can apply for a passport at the local council office (Rathaus) of the community in which you live. The passport will arrive and they will send you a message to come and collect it. It is simpler than eating kokonte.
cosby 8 years ago

Pls go to the port and deal with the corruption there as well.

Pls go to the port and deal with the corruption there as well.
Naniama II 8 years ago

On line transactions are not SAFE. They are prone to hacking and if you have been diligent a little, you will notice that most countries (even those who invented the internet) still use both manual and the web to do transact ...
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On line transactions are not SAFE. They are prone to hacking and if you have been diligent a little, you will notice that most countries (even those who invented the internet) still use both manual and the web to do transaction.
Col Q 8 years ago

Nonsense!Online is not the solution! If you have money to build one factory in every district, why can't you open more passport application centers at least in every region or as your motto goes one passport office in every d ...
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Nonsense!Online is not the solution! If you have money to build one factory in every district, why can't you open more passport application centers at least in every region or as your motto goes one passport office in every district!But make sure there are enough booklets to go around!Bawumia talks like Trump, without even thinking about what it entails to get his suggestions into action. No sense of reality, these so-called intellectuals. They use their knowledge to cheat the common man!
Charlie Ghana in Holland 8 years ago

Good, our identity as Ghanaians comes with passport too.. you are right..quicker process and good machines.. but the passport office always misspell people's surnames

Good, our identity as Ghanaians comes with passport too.. you are right..quicker process and good machines.. but the passport office always misspell people's surnames
NPPigs 8 years ago

IDIOT! WHOM ARE YOU TELLING?

IDIOT! WHOM ARE YOU TELLING?

Akoaa yi hia emmoa 8 years ago

Bro do you have a passport at and have you travelled before? I am telling you to get a passport and l will pick you up to Portugal soon. There you know the shit NDC have put us in..you will kote come back once you reach Europ ...
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Bro do you have a passport at and have you travelled before? I am telling you to get a passport and l will pick you up to Portugal soon. There you know the shit NDC have put us in..you will kote come back once you reach Europe
Sevenn 8 years ago

They all talk and no action. How many years have politicians talking like that. This country doesn't have a philosophy. People talk any how...

They all talk and no action. How many years have politicians talking like that. This country doesn't have a philosophy. People talk any how...
Ali Mahama 8 years ago

We all know that apart from Ministers and other high ranking personalities in society, the rest has to pay heavy bribes before taking a Passport.Yet Bawumia just keep on talking.What is he waiting to implement the online proc ...
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We all know that apart from Ministers and other high ranking personalities in society, the rest has to pay heavy bribes before taking a Passport.Yet Bawumia just keep on talking.What is he waiting to implement the online process. There is a long time Policy to decentralise issue of Passports in the Ten Regions of GHANA just enforce that Policy. The problem with our Governments is that they see the problems. They know the solutions but lack the Will Power to apply Solutions so we are always where we are just like what Bawumia is doing. He will continue to talk. talk,talk till his term ends.No Action.

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