A young Ghanaian lady based in the US has taken a swipe at the Ghana Embassy in New York City for alleged unprofessionalism in the discharge of their duty.
In a thread posted on her X profile with the username Yaa Tabby, she narrated her ordeal at the Ghana embassy when she went there to pick up her brother-in-law’s passport.
According to her, a staff member named Mimi told her the embassy does not have a printer to print out a consent letter she was asked to send via email.
This follows an earlier complaint she had made regarding how other people who came to meet her for the same purpose got served while she was asked to wait.
She noted that she was asked for a consent letter from her brother-in-law, a requirement none of the people she met there were asked to meet, yet she obliged.
“…and said, and I quote, “I need an authorization letter from the person you are picking it up for and let him send it to [email protected]” I just started laughing out loud because, ma’am, please make it make sense!
..you are trying to frustrate me. The ladies at the back were speaking Ga and laughing, and I know damn well they were talking shit about me, so me too. I gave it to them! She even told me it wouldn't go anywhere when I said I would file a complaint.
— Yaa Tabby (@DuncOnEm) March 27, 2024
“2 minutes later, I walked up there and told the other gentleman that the letter was sent, so if they can check and verify it, I can get out, please. That was when this short, dark lady (according to my investigation, she’s called Mimi) came to the window and said, I should go and print out the letter because they don’t have printers in the Embassy.”
“She said, “watɔ printer wɔha sɛ yɛmfa printi papers ɛmma wo, sɛ wokaasɛ wo nkoara na wonim mmara” to wit, [Have you procured printers for us to print your documents for you, You seem to know your right.] That was when I lost it, so because I spoke up about something bad that I have witnessed,” she narrated.
“Are these the people you hired to represent you? These uncultured, mannerless, and corrupted people with no integrity and professionalism?,” she tagged Ghana’s Foreign Affairs ministry.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has yet to comment on the issue.
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I want to share my horrific experience with the Consulate General of Ghana in New York (Ghana Embassy). My spirit will not be happy if I keep mute about this issue. @GhanaMFA @AyorkorBotchwey @HajiaMaha1
— Yaa Tabby (@DuncOnEm) March 27, 2024