{"id":1299,"date":"2025-05-27T17:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:34:45","slug":"minority-in-parliament-to-summon-foreign-minister-over-closure-of-ghana-embassy-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/minority-in-parliament-to-summon-foreign-minister-over-closure-of-ghana-embassy-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority in Parliament to Summon Foreign Minister Over Closure of Ghana Embassy in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Parliament House, Accra \u2013 May 27, 2025<\/em><br><br>The Minority Caucus in Ghana\u2019s Parliament has expressed strong reservations over what it describes as the \u201cunilateral and drastic\u201d decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to temporarily shut down the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C., following an alleged misconduct by staff at the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the media in Parliament on Tuesday, Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Hon. Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, flanked by fellow Minority members, announced their intention to summon the Foreign Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to appear before the House to justify his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hon. Jinapor, the Minister\u2019s choice to announce the embassy\u2019s closure via social media\u2014without first consulting the relevant parliamentary committee or employing diplomatic channels\u2014was hasty and potentially damaging to Ghana\u2019s international reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhatever happens at the Foreign Ministry, including decisions taken by the Minister, has far-reaching repercussions on the reputation, image, and welfare of Ghanaians across the globe,\u201d Jinapor emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister had earlier stated on his social media platforms that the Embassy in Washington had been shut down temporarily following investigations that confirmed allegations of fraudulent activity involving staff. He further indicated that all staff at the Mission had been recalled until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minority described this move as an overreaction, especially given the global reliance of Ghanaians on consular services abroad. They called for a more measured and diplomatic approach, referencing how similar cases involving misconduct in other countries had been resolved without resorting to public announcements or closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis kind of populist, grandstanding approach\u2014rushing to the press and social media\u2014has serious implications. Matters of such sensitivity should be managed with tact, diplomacy, and recourse to due process,\u201d the Minority caucus stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They concluded by stating that the decision could undermine Ghana\u2019s foreign policy posture and the credibility of the country\u2019s diplomatic engagements on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Clement Akoloh||parliamentnews360.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority Caucus in Ghana\u2019s Parliament has expressed strong reservations over what it describes as the \u201cunilateral and drastic\u201d decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to temporarily shut down the Ghana Embassy in Washington, D.C., following an alleged misconduct by staff at the mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1027,1026,138,322],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}