Some Ghanaians are kicking against the recently announced increase in the prices for passport acquisition by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The new increment means that a standard 32 page passport will now cost 500 cedis from the previous 100 cedis while a 48 page booklet will cost 644 cedis from the previous price of 200.
For expedited services, citizens will have to pay 700 and 800 cedis for a 32 page and 48 page booklet respectively
But speaking to JoyNews, some Ghanaians described the price hike as insensitive.
Others on social media have argued that the price increase is not fair.
See some comments below:
Why is nobody talking about this increase in price for passport application
— Photo Gbeeee (@laud_kotey) April 1, 2024
Chale this government really no try !!
Herh !!!
I swear if I hear anyone talk about NPP or NDC, I fit extend my anger kill that person !!!!
It’s not about hiw can you afford airline ticket if you can’t afford 500 for a passport, it’s about the percentage increase in price, 400% why???
— Kwame Agyiri (@ranaka17) April 2, 2024
This price increase is not fair. In the US, a passport is $130, and the min. wage is $7.25 per hour. This implies that you need to work for 18 hrs (3 days) to pay for a passport. The daily min. wage in Ghana is GHS 18. You have to work 28 days to pay GHS 500 for a passport. https://t.co/SDWXrLM90h
— Nii Okine (@dr_niiokine) April 1, 2024
The fact that they’re expensive doesn’t mean they should also increase the price of passport. Nothing will be changed on that booklet fgs
— (@al_varo777) April 2, 2024
It’s crazy
— Accra_Boy (@PoundsterlingDr) April 2, 2024
So our president don't want us to leave this country...
— Parker (@realparker_rpr) April 2, 2024
Passport fees went from 100gh to 700gh just today ei ei ei ei ei pic.twitter.com/XjgG0iiyAb
4 more
— Nii Lante Lamptey (@DonChicky1) April 2, 2024
People pay thousands of dollars to travel outside Ghana and you think increasing passport application fees will deter them from traveling lmao
— Beno SarkCess (@BenopaOnyx1) April 1, 2024
Wicked leaders
Passport application fees increased by 400%. By November, we’ll be hearing about how ‘digitalization’ has significantly improved revenues at the Passport Office, just like how tariffs increased significantly but ECG’s revenue growth was attributed to digitalization
— Alfred (@CallmeAlfredo) April 1, 2024
“Since digitization, passport revenue has gone up by 1000%”
— Bee (@Bridget_Otoo) April 1, 2024
Future sentence by Bawumia on the increment in passport fees
I am terribly disappointed in Ghana’s Foreign Ministry for the astronomical increases in passport application fees.
As my NDC colleagues and I always maintained at the Foreign Affairs Committee, the current economic crisis and unprecedented high cost of living make it untenable…— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) April 1, 2024
Citizens have been yelling and crying out about the prices of things in this country then here comes this band of thieves, wanting to make 400 cedis off of passport processing fees. Chale December 7 if these people do not go we are doomed. THEY MUST GO!
— Aku Addy, Artist. (@Aku__Addy) April 1, 2024
Exactly 8 years ago. Today, you need passport processing fees to go up by 400% to raise money to keep government functional https://t.co/2KltQCUtFl
— Receipts Guy (@receiptsguy) April 1, 2024
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