Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Her Excellency Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang, recommended the Ministry of Overseas Affairs for its function in enhancing Ghana’s picture and selling nationwide pursuits.
Throughout a working go to to the Ministry on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, the Vice President recommended the Ministry for its professionalism, innovation and dedication to the implementation of Ghana’s international coverage targets. She highlighted the Division’s management in mobilizing world help for the United Nations Basic Meeting decision declaring human trafficking and racialized chattel enslavement of enslaved Africans to be essentially the most critical crimes towards humanity.
She urged workers to proceed striving for excellence and burdened the significance of remaining aligned with the ministry’s mission. On financial diplomacy, he pointed to alternatives underneath the African Continental Free Commerce Space and inspired continued efforts to strengthen commerce and funding partnerships in the direction of nationwide financial transformation.
The Vice President additionally acknowledged enhancements in workers welfare, noting that sturdy organizations rely not solely on efficiency but in addition on the welfare of their workers. She reaffirmed the President’s dedication to sustaining open engagement with public establishments.
Minister of Overseas Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa mentioned the go to was historic because it was the primary time that Ghana’s first feminine Vice President had such an engagement with a Minister of Overseas Affairs. He outlined key achievements, together with the adoption of UN decision A/RES/80/250 and reforms to passport administration, together with chip-embedded passports, diminished processing charges, one-day emergency passport companies, and the institution of passport facilities in all 16 areas.
He additionally highlighted progress made in securing visa waiver agreements and introducing free visas for Africans from Might 2026.
Relating to workers welfare, the minister cited improved working circumstances, enhanced advantages, transportation help for junior workers, and new measures to help international service officers returning to their bases.
Ambassador Khadijah Idris welcomed the Vice President and guaranteed the Ministry of its continued efforts to satisfy its mission of serving nationwide growth.
