GHANA DID NOT REQUEST MONETARY SUPPORT IN ACCEPTING WEST AFRICAN DEPORTEES FROM US – Okudzeto Ablakwa Tells Parliament
The government of Ghana has not requested any monetary and material support from the United States of America (USA) government for accepting some third-party deportees into Ghana, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has told Parliament.
Mr Ablakwa said the decision or understanding to accept West African nationals was purely on humanitarian and Pan-African grounds.
“We are Pan-Africanists and these are our fellow West Africans who are in distress of being detained, being treated shabbily without dignity, and we cannot look on as Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana,” he said.
‘We did not ask for a cent’
Answering questions on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday [Nov 19, 2025] in relation to the US immigration policies towards Ghana, Mr Ablakwa said, “We are saying that Ghana is your home and you can come here.
“In any case, under the ECOWAS protocols, West African nationals do not need visas to travel, and in the spirit of regional integration, they can enter Ghana without visas and stay here for at least 90 days.”
“So, Mr Speaker this decision we made was purely on humanitarian grounds and Pan-African grounds, and we did not ask for a cent from Trump’s America,” he said.
The minister stated this when he answered a question from the Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor.
The Damango Member of Parliament (MP) asked that, given the obligations Ghana had taken arising out of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) Ghana had with the United States government, what did Ghana get out of the deal to serve its national interest?
He also sought to know what assessment was conducted on third-party deportees and their potential risk to Ghana’s security and social stability
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