A former Interior Minister under the John Mahama\u00a0administration Mark Woyongo says he is yet to return his diplomatic passport to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration as mandated.<\/p>\n
He said he has failed to submit the passport because he has misplaced it.<\/p>\n
His admissions follow threats by the government to\u00a0revoke\u00a0all diplomatic passports still in the hands of former appointees of the John Mahama administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t returned my diplomatic passport to the state because I can\u2019t find it and as soon as I find it I will return it to the appropriate quarters, \u201d Woyongo told Adom News\u2019 Abednego Asante Asiedu in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to live in my official state bungalow at Cantonment in Accra, when I was parking out to my private residence, I misplaced it but immediately I find it I will return\u201d the former minister stressed.<\/p>\n
Mark Woyongo stated that he has\u00a0not used\u00a0the diplomatic passport since the change of government.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have travelled three times after the change of government and I used my regular passport, not my diplomatic passport.\u00a0I recently traveled to Nigeria just two weeks ago and I didn\u2019t use the diplomatic passport.<\/p>\n
Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey told Joy News that those officials still holding on to the passports risk being embarrassed if they fail to return them.<\/p>\n
She stated that a formal notification was issued early this year for all former appointees and ex-MPs to turn in their diplomatic passports.<\/p>\n
Ayorkor Botchwey told Joy News the deadline for the return of the state property has elapsed.<\/p>\n
But speaking with Adom News, Mark Woyongo said he will return the passport as soon as he finds it.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a former Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations and former MP for Akwatia, Baba Jamal said he returned his diplomatic passport to the state before any\u00a0deadline was issued.<\/p>\n
Baba Jamal has dared the Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey to name and shame those former ministers under ex-President John Mahama\u2019s\u00a0who still have the diplomatic passports in their custody.<\/p>\n
Former NDC MP for North Dayi, George Loh indicated\u00a0\u00a0that he facilitated the return of all former NDC MPs\u2019\u00a0diplomatic passports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A former Interior Minister under the John Mahama\u00a0administration Mark Woyongo says he is yet to return his diplomatic passport to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration as mandated. He said he has failed to submit the passport because he has misplaced it. His admissions follow threats by the government to\u00a0revoke\u00a0all diplomatic passports still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n
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