The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to the United States to tighten scrutiny of Ghanaian diplomatic and service passport holders over alleged irregularities in the issuance of some of the travel documents.

In a letter dated October 30, 2026, and signed by its General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the party asked the US Chargé d’Affaires in Ghana, Rolf Olson, to review six cases involving individuals reportedly granted service passports on the basis of positions at the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Fisheries Commission.

It also claimed that some of the job titles stated in the correspondence do not exist within the institutions.

The first approval letter, dated August 6, covered three individuals described as NADMO officials: Twumasi Francis Kwame, named as Deputy Director of Climate Change; Shaibu Alhassan Abu, identified as Director of Hydro; and Gyabaah Anthony, listed as Director of Geology.

However, the party maintained that those positions are occupied by other officers, whom it identified as Ebenezer Vandyke, Dr Bertha Kusimi and Bright Atama.

A second letter, dated August 7, approved service passports for Issah Ayisha, Bennor Yussif and Adom Emmanuel Kwabena, who were presented as officials of the Fisheries Commission.

According to the NPP, the Commission does not have a position designated as Deputy Director of Aquaculture Specialist. It further alleged that the Deputy Director of Information Technology position is held by another officer, while the Commission has no Assistant Finance Manager position as indicated in the approval letter.

The party said the alleged discrepancies cast doubt on whether the beneficiaries qualified for the passports, especially as the Ministry’s approval letters stated that the documents were meant strictly for official use.

“A passport cannot be for official use where its bearer holds no office that calls for official travel,” the NPP said.

It further argued that the approvals were based on inaccurate descriptions of the applicants’ positions, adding that the passports issued as a result were therefore irregular.

The party is urging the US Mission to introduce enhanced verification for applications involving Ghanaian diplomatic and service passports issued from January 7, 2025.

It wants the Mission to work with the relevant Ghanaian institutions to independently confirm the official positions of applicants before extending diplomatic courtesies to them.

The NPP has also called on the Ghanaian government to suspend passports issued to persons found to be ineligible and publish a comprehensive list of diplomatic and service passports granted since January 2025.

Additionally, it is demanding an independent audit of the passport issuance process by the Auditor-General or another institution outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the outcome made public.