A former Ambassador of Ghana to the USA, , has refuted a claim by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, , that Fred Kwarteng, a former staff member of the country's embassy in Washington, made $4.8 million annually through illegal means at the expense of the state.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on June 23, 2025, Hajia Mahama said that the numbers given by the minister on the operations of Fred Kwarteng's company, GTC, which she said had a valid contract with the embassy, were incorrect.
She also refuted the minister's assertion that the monies made by Kwarteng's company, which basically renders courier services for passport and visa applications of the embassy, were to the detriment of the state. "I don't know where he got his calculations from, but it can't be true.
How can it be a loss to Ghana?
