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The
Ghanaian Embassy in
Italy
seizes an average of 15 Ghanaian Passports every week
from other nationals posing as Ghanaians.
This
follows an exercise mounted by the embassy to cramp
down the high incidence of Ghanaian passport falling
into wrong hands.
Ghana
’s Ambassador to
Italy Dr.
Dsane Selby disclosed this at the opening of the 10th
annual Ghanaian-Euro Camp meeting of the
Seventh-day
Adventist
Church
in Bellaria - Rimini in
Italy
.
Currently,
it is estimated that there are about 300 thousand
Ghanaians living in
Italy
.
He
said so far over 100 Ghanaian passports have been
seized sine the exercise began some few months ago.
He
did not provide the nationalities of the culprits for
security reasons. He added that many non-Ghanaians
have through dubious means and in some cases with the
aid of unscrupulous Ghanaians acquired Ghanaian
passports.
Such
of them, he noted, often commit cross-boarder crimes
thus tarnishing the international image of
Ghana
. Some he said were even caught in criminal activities
or were trying to use the document in securing
undeserved status or favours.
The
Ambassador stressed that the exercise will be carried
out to the letter. He said stringent measures are
being put in place to ensure that Ghanaian passports
are issued to true Ghanaians. He, however, noted that
care would be taken not to deny Ghanaians of the
rights, by way of, issuing of passports.
Dr.
Selby implored Ghanaians to desist from assisting
non-Ghanaians to obtain Ghanaian passports.
The
head of the SDA church in
Italy
, Pastor, Lucio Artin, disclosed that the church has
spent more than one million dollars in providing basic
amenities in various parts of
Africa
.
Nearly
1000 Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventists from the
UK
,
Austria
, The Netherlands,
Germany
,
Spain
,
France
,
Switzerland
and
Belgium
attended the five-day congress. There were also
delegations from
Libya
,
Israel
and the
United States of America
.
NANA SIFA TWUM
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