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The Council of State Is Wrong on Dual Citizenship — And Ghana Cannot Afford the Error
An analysis in law, history, economics, and comparative practiceOn 7 July 2026, the Speaker of Parliament announced that the Council of State had advised against passage of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (Amendment) Bill, 2025 — the bill that would remove the constitutional restrictions barring dual citizens from public office.
Since the Year of Return, Ghana has conferred citizenship on hundreds of African Americans and Caribbean diasporans — men and women born and raised abroad, welcomed at State House ceremonies as brothers and sisters come home, most of whom retain their American or other passports and are therefore dual citizens from the moment they take the oath.
The correct instrument is a statutory security-vetting regime: any appointee to a designated sensitive office — dual citizen or not — undergoes graduated clearance administered by the National Security Secretariat, with foreign attachments assessed individually.
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