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Government of Ghana’s strong reservations and high stakes diplomatic interventions following the Canadian Visa Refusal of Thomas Teye Partey of the Black Stars FIFA World Cup team.

PUBLIC OFFICE, PUBLIC TRUST I support recognising public officials who perform their duties well and make a meaningful difference in the lives of Ghanaians. Public service demands sacrifice, commitment, and leadership. When public officials deliver exceptional results, we should acknowledge and celebrate their contributions. However, I am concerned about the standards that govern such recognition. Citizens place confidence in government when public officials act with integrity and exercise sound judgement. For this reason, we must address not only actual conflicts of interest but also situations that create the perception of impropriety. The current debate surrounding the Ghana Ministers of State Excellence Awards is not simply about those who attended the event or those who received awards. Rather, we should ask a more important question: should public officials receive awards from events that solicit sponsorships or financial contributions from the institutions they supervise or lead? This is an ethical question that must be settled. Public officials should be recognised on the basis of performance, measurable outcomes, and genuine impact. Public recognition should never be linked, directly or indirectly, to financial contributions. When organisers seek sponsorship from institutions and subsequently honour officials from those same institutions, they create legitimate concerns about fairness, independence, and credibility. Even where no wrongdoing has occurred, such arrangements can weaken public trust and diminish the value of genuine excellence. Professor Michael Kpessah-White has publicly alleged that organisers requested payment in connection with an award nomination. Another public sector Chief Executive Officer privately shared a similar experience with me and chose not to participate in the event after organisers made financial demands. These allegations raise serious concerns and warrant careful scrutiny. I also wish to correct a few misconceptions. First, the State did not organise these awards. They were organised by a private event management company. Second, this was not the inaugural edition of the awards. Public officials under the previous administration also participated in and sponsored these events. However, we cannot justify a practice simply because others engaged in it before us. We criticised many of these practices in the past because we believed they weakened accountability and encouraged mediocrity. We should not defend them today. Ghanaians elected this government on a promise of reform. They expect us to uphold higher standards, strengthen public institutions, and demonstrate a clear departure from practices that undermine public confidence. We cannot advance a Reset Agenda while tolerating conduct that raises avoidable ethical concerns. Following my engagement with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Hon. Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, she assured me that the government would develop a regulatory framework to guide the Corporate Social Responsibility activities of State-Owned Enterprises. I understand that the committee responsible for this work has already commenced its task. I welcome this initiative and hope it delivers clear standards that promote transparency, accountability, and good governance. We hold public office in trust for the people of Ghana. We must therefore conduct ourselves in ways that strengthen public confidence in our institutions. We should recognise excellence on merit, reward performance fairly, and reject practices that cast doubt on the integrity of public service. Ghanaians will judge the Reset Agenda not by our rhetoric but by the policies we implement and the standards we uphold. If we are to build lasting public trust, we must lead by example and hold ourselves to the same principles we demanded of those who came before us. I conclude by saying; MAY WE NOT BECOME WHAT WE CRITICIZED !!!! #BuiltToLast #GhanaFirst

The boundless JOY of returning to the motherland. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

We kept our promise. No Ghanaian has been abandoned in harm's way. About a thousand Ghanaians have now been evacuated from South Africa by the Government of Ghana following the latest wave of xenophobic attacks. Last night, it was a profound honour to welcome our fellow nationals with love, warmth and the pride of being a servant leader in a great country which does not forsake our citizens, particularly in time of distress. But our work is far from over — we shall ensure reintegration with dignity, medical and psychosocial support, pursue compensation for those who have left properties and businesses behind, secure jobs for folks able to work and intensify our efforts towards achieving Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's Pan-African dream of genuine African integration. I commend dedicated staff of the Foreign Ministry; our High Commission in Pretoria; colleague ministers; senior government officials; partner state institutions including GAF, GACL, GCAA, NADMO, GIS, GPS; the IOM; Ethiopian Airlines and the media for the flawless and efficient execution. We are grateful to Ghanaian CEOs for their remarkable partnership with us aimed at creating employment opportunities for our returning nationals. God bless President John Mahama for his inspiring and outstanding leadership and guidance. The Mahama Administration shall continue to defend the rights of our cherished citizens, serve with compassion and safeguard the welfare of ALL GHANAIANS. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

Ghana's swift and responsible intervention should now be better appreciated by the critics who accused us of overreacting and moving in too quickly to save our citizens. The Mahama Administration does not gamble with the precious lives of Ghanaians. We convey our deepest and sincerest condolences to the Government and people of Mozambique on the loss of five of their nationals due to the ongoing xenophobic attacks as confirmed by the Mozambican Government. No African should ever be killed by fellow Africans on African soil. May these condemnable acts never quench our Pan-African resolve for true African unity, full integration, free movement, common market and significant intra-African trade as Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah pioneered and sacrificed greatly for.

We urge Ghanaian CEOs and Entrepreneurs to support our JOBS INITIATIVE for our brothers and sisters being evacuated from South Africa. Already, 120 job offers have been secured. Kindly call our Delivery Unit. Ghana always cares. For God and Country.

It has been most impactful reviving our PJCC with Jamaica after a long 21-year hiatus. I commend my counterpart, the outstanding Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith for leading such an impressive delegation of Ministers and high level officials to Accra. I convey heartfelt congratulations to Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith for serving as Foreign Minister for 10 years. She has been exceptionally successful in her role as Jamaica’s first female Foreign Minister and currently as the longest serving female Foreign Minister in the world. May I add that I am truly humbled and touched by her very kind remarks and positive appraisal about me during her historic visit to Ghana. A key outcome of the PJCC was the agreement we signed which will ensure some 400 Ghanaian nurses are sent to Jamaica to boost health delivery in the friendly nation. We also signed additional agreements for defence cooperation and tourism. Ghana and Jamaica have also agreed to complete ongoing negotiations to send Ghanaian teachers to Jamaica by August this year. We must all be proud to see how Ghanaian professionals are in high demand all over the world. I also took the opportunity to celebrate Jamaica for their unwavering support during the landmark adoption of the Ghana-led UN resolution declaring the transatlantic enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. Jamaica renewed their appreciation of Ghana’s humanitarian support when we sent our gallant soldiers and donated relief items in the aftermath of Hurricane Melisa. It is worthy of note that the Jamaican Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Andrew Holness has extended a special invitation to President John Mahama to serve as guest of honour at this year’s Jamaican National Day celebrations. I am deeply elated and inspired by the renewed enthusiasm in our ancestral Ghana-Jamaica relations. Long live our Ghana 🇬🇭 Jamaica 🇯🇲 inseparable partnership.

600 more Ghanaians register at our High Commission to be evacuated from South Africa. When the safety and dignity of Ghanaians are at stake, the Government of Ghana does not compromise or dither. I am immensely proud of the resilient spirit of Ghanaians. See you soon -- there's no place like home. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs cautions that the notice in circulation claiming that Ghanaians have been asked to leave Cambodia is FAKE. Cambodian authorities have confirmed to us that they have issued no such notice. The Cambodian Ministry of Interior has proceeded to issue a press clarification today stating that the purported notice is “completely untrue” (see attached). I can, however, assure Ghanaians that prior to the publication of this fake notice, a number of Ghanaians in Cambodia had reached out to us requesting to be evacuated, and are already being assisted by the Foreign Ministry and our High Commission in Malaysia. Between March and May this year, we have evacuated 85 Ghanaians from Cambodia. 76 more are being evacuated to complete the exercise. The welfare of Ghanaians anywhere in the world remains our priority. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

The Government and People of Ghana are deeply proud about the meteoric progress the world is making on reparatory justice following our Ghana-led March 25 landmark UN resolution declaring the transatlantic enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. Today, in an unprecedented move, lawmakers in France voted unanimously (254-0) to repeal Code Noir — the atrocious and dehumanizing King Louis XIV slave laws of 1685 which had 60 articles classifying Africans as property and justifying the mutilation of body parts of Africans. In another momentous development, Pope Leo XIV has commendably issued an apology this week for the role of the Catholic Church in slavery. The Government of Ghana has already formally welcomed the Pope’s apology. Ghana is pleased and inspired by these monumental outcomes which demonstrate both the significance and consequential power of the UN Resolution championed by President John Mahama. Those who thought the landmark Ghana-led resolution massively adopted by 123 UN Member States was a mere academic exercise must be revising their position. Ghana looks forward to our defining Next Steps Conference on Reparatory Justice being convened by President Mahama from June 17-19, 2026 in Accra to build on these outstanding gains and formulate a common strategy. I remain absolutely confident that comprehensive reparatory justice shall be achieved in our lifetime. Victory shall be ours! For God, Country and Africa.

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Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah must be proud of us. More evacuation flights next week. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

Welcome home, our cherished citizens.

Ghana wishes our cherished citizens a safe flight from South Africa. We cannot wait to warmly welcome you all to our beloved nation. Come let's celebrate Eid al-Adha together. We love our citizens. For God and Country.

Ghana’s e-Visa regime successfully launched by President Mahama. Africans are fully exempted from paying fees. Enhanced security; digitally convenient. Ghana is indeed open for business and tourism. Enjoy Ghana’s warm digital handshake with the world.

What a season 🙏🏾🩵

I told Ghanaians in South Africa, “your government has got you.” Looking forward to welcoming our compatriots to Ghana this week. For God and Country 🇬🇭 🙏🏾

Nassrawis… what a season. From day one, we knew what we wanted and what it would take to get there. We worked, fought and gave everything in every training and every game. It wasn’t an easy road, but we did it together. Thank you for believing in us and standing by our side every step of the way.

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