{"id":1215767,"date":"2022-10-03T23:02:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/we-will-work-day-night-to-clear-backlog-of-passports-foreign-affairs-minister\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T23:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:02:38","slug":"we-will-work-day-night-to-clear-backlog-of-passports-foreign-affairs-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/we-will-work-day-night-to-clear-backlog-of-passports-foreign-affairs-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"We will work day, night to clear backlog of passports \u2013 Foreign Affairs Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"477\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_2021-12-09_095536-696x477.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1355866579&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has assured that the Ministry is working to address the shortage of passports.<\/p>\n<p>This is in line with Joy News\u2019 reports that there has been a shortage of passports across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on\u00a0<strong>Joy FM\u2019s Midday News<\/strong>\u00a0on Monday, the Foreign Affairs Minister noted that \u201cby the middle of this month \u2013 October, in about a week or so we should have enough to clear the backlog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to her, by the end of October 2022, there would be more passport booklets in stock \u201cto take us beyond the end of the year into the next quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that the Ministry will \u201ccontinue to seek the welfare of applicants to ensure that they get a good service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madam Botchwey insisted the issue over the shortage is related to the process involved in acquiring the booklet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what we have experienced today in interacting with the applicants \u2026 the issue is the collection of the booklet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome go back many months and I wanted to see this for myself and I have seen it and we will make sure that as soon as the booklet comes, we will work day and night to print all the backlog, clear the backlog so that those who want to travel can do so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, called on applicants with emergency cases to make it known to officials in charge. This she said is because provisions have been made for such purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have some booklet there but it is not enough to cover the full backlog that we have which is why we are not rushing that we put out weekly of a certain number until God willing around the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0when we receive enough,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio attached above:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fyVTqARQ8mU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National security nabs leader of Islamic group on Karaga with links in Burkina Faso (3-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyVTqARQ8mU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration The Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has assured that the Ministry is working to address the shortage of passports. This is in line with Joy News\u2019 reports that there has been a shortage of passports across the country. 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