Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has banned all ministers, deputy ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives and heads of government agencies from foreign travels.
The memo, however, exempted the minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey, from the temporary foreign travels ban.
This is not the first time Ghana will impose a travel ban on its ministers, as in 2015, John Mahama banned public officials from first-class air travel as part of efforts to cut wasteful spending.
Most of such travels are on the account of the Ghanaian taxpayer, and the presidency believes, they also lead to a serious disruption in local government business.
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