NPP claims about 300 diplomatic, service passports holders of don’t qualify

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding the government disclose detailed information regarding diplomatic and service passports. The party is requesting a comprehensive list of every such passport issued since 2025, arguing that hundreds of individuals who should not hold these documents have been granted them. At a press conference on November 4, Henry Nana Boakye, the party's Second Vice Chairman, presented evidence suggesting that nearly 300 people do not qualify to possess these documents.

Boakye connected the issue to the broader controversy surrounding cocaine trafficking, stating, "On this issue of diplomatic and service passports, drug cartels do not move only through ports, they move through documents." The NPP seeks three specific pieces of information: the identity or official position of each passport holder, the criteria used to qualify them, and the authority that approved their passports.

Boakye emphasized that the party's supporters in Accra have echoed this demand. He questioned whether the presence of nearly 300 unqualified passport holders could be linked to the recent surge in cocaine and other illicit drug cases. The NPP contends that issuing such passports to unqualified individuals increases the likelihood of abuse, potentially allowing criminals involved in international drug trafficking to exploit these documents.