Your Ghana Card will get you Home When You Lose your Passport Abroad- Bawumia
According to the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, any Ghanaian with a Ghana card will be able to board flights back home if they lose their passports while on a trip abroad.
He posits that the national identification card known as the Ghana Card is enough to get anyone in such a situation home without any complications and difficulties.
He told this to the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs during an engagement in Kumasi on June 10, 2024.
He told the traditional authorities that the card is certified as an e-passport and accepted at 44,000 airports across the globe.
“When you lose your passport while out of the country, you can return with the Ghana card,” he said, noting that the card cannot be used to travel out of the country.
“It can’t take you out of the country but it can only bring you in.”
The Vice President is in the Ashanti Region on a campaign tour and deemed it imperative that he meets the custodians of the land before proceeding.
Chairing the meeting was Asante Mamponghene Daasebre Osei Bonsu II, and among the chiefs present were Domeabrahene Nana Kusi Oboadum I, Offinsohene Nana Dwamena Akenten II, Tepahene Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I and Bompatamanhene Nana Effah Appenteng.
Queens in the Ashanti Region were also duly represented and included Mamponghemaa Nana Agyakoma Difie II, and Eijisuhemaa Nana Yaa Asantewaa II.
The Vice President was accompanied by the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Akosuah Fremah Osei Opare, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, the Chairman of the NPP, Stephen Ntim and the General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong.
