The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided an update on the closure of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington following the discovery of staff at the embassy illegally collecting unapproved fees through an unauthorised link embedded in the embassy's official website.
In a statement issued by the ministry on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, it indicated that the government has completed the recall of all local staff of the ministry back to the country and has sent a team to repair the issue with the embassy's website.
It added that the government has now deployed a team of experienced diplomats to run the embassy, which will be open on Thursday, May 29, 2025. "Following the recall of Home-based Staff and the suspension of Local Staff of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC, United States of America, a team of seasoned diplomats, led by an astute diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been tasked to manage the Mission to ensure total systems overhaul, restore integrity in the Embassy's operations and complete ongoing structural reforms. "It is worth noting that an Information Technology (IT) team has already been deployed to reconfigure the website and payment platforms to do away with all unofficial and unauthorised links associated with the IT system of the Embassy," parts of the statement read.
It added, "The Ministry wishes to inform the general public that the Embassy is set to reopen on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
