According to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, assertions that the government has violated a prior agreement in the introduction of Ghana’s new e-Visa system are false, as there are no other contracts.
He claims that rumors circulating on social media regarding a possible violation of contract and risk of judgment debt are baseless.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs announced during the debut of the e-Visa portal platform on Monday, May 25, 2026, that government checks had determined that there was no current e-visa agreement that could be broken.
“So, let me stress that this morning there has been a lot of discussion on social media about the possibility of judgment debt and that we are not honoring a certain visa, e-visa agreement. Let me reassure the Ghanaian populace that there is no such thing as an e-visa agreement, and nothing like it exists, he stated.
He said that discussions with legal authorities, such as the Attorney General, had helped clarify the difference between the old machine-readable visa sticker system and the current e-visa system.
“Our Director Legal is here; we’ve checked through the files.” In fact, the Minister of Interior also sent the Attorney General a letter requesting that he analyze the machine-readable contract for visa stickers to see if it exists. Additionally, the Attorney General has determined that this is not an e-visa agreement.
He also stated that the system now being implemented is quite dissimilar from the previous arrangement.
“An e-visa system is not the same as the machine-readable contract. Therefore, I want to reassure the public that there is no judgment debt, no contracts have been terminated anywhere, and as of right now, we have no problems whatsoever when it comes to contracts.
Additionally, Mr. Ablakwa made it clear that the new system is being implemented under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, which does not impose any immediate financial burden on taxpayers.
“It’s a PPP agreement.” The nicest aspect of this plan is that taxpayers have not been burdened. Of course, the system is being established by the private partner under the oversight of the Cyber Security Authority, NITA, and the Ministry of Communications. As a result, they are investing, and they will eventually get their money back, he said.
The arrangement, according to him, guarantees that the government will not bear upfront expenses while still upgrading visa processing systems to increase efficiency and security.
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