{
  "id": 1074434,
  "title": "Ablakwa announces special bonus for passport staff after GSS ranks service among least corrupt institutions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/ablakwa-announces-special-bonus-for-passport-staff-after-gss-ranks",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T16:20:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/ablakwa-announces-special-bonus-for-passport-staff-after-gss-ranks-service-among-least-corrupt-institutions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa announced a special bonus for Ghana's Passport administration staff following a positive report from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The GSS ranked the passport institution among the most transformed and least corrupt public institutions in the country. During a working visit to the Passport head office, Ablakwa congratulated the management and staff on their recognition and promised further rewards for their performance. The government will provide a special bonus to passport administration staff next week in recognition of their work, according to Ablakwa. The minister highlighted several achievements of the passport reforms, including the introduction of chip-embedded passports, advanced security protocols, and reduced passport application backlogs. The reforms have also made Ghanaian passports more valuable on the African continent and improved service delivery by reducing processing times and costs.",
  "summary": "Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced a special bonus for staff of Ghana’s Passport Administration following a recent Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) report which ranked the institution among the country’s most transformed and least corrupt public institutions.",
  "key_points": [
    "Foreign Affairs Minister Ablakwa announces special bonus for Passport staff",
    "GSS ranks Ghana's passport institution among least corrupt public institutions",
    "Government to provide bonus next week for improved passport services"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Ablakwa announces special bonus for passport staff after GSS ranks service among least corrupt institutions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/ablakwa-announces-special-bonus-for-passport-staff-after-gss-ranks-1078872",
        "published": "2026-08-15T16:33:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}