Henry Quartey sends warning notice to Immigration officers

Immigration officers stationed at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have received a warning from Interior Minister Henry Quartey not to engage in the practice of escorting or welcoming friends at the airport.

The minister made it clear that any Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) employee found to be in violation of this order will be fired immediately.

On Thursday, April 4, Mr. Quartey visited the GIS headquarters in Accra and voiced his dismay at the behavior he saw in certain personnel.

He cited incidents in which uniformed police were observed helping pals get through security and immigration checkpoints—a behavior he found intolerable.

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“Men and women wear uniforms only to go and see off their friends at the Airport. They pull their bags right from the car and walk through checking, walk them through immigration, and even security points all the way.

“You see them lined up waiting for their friends, they take their bags. I have told the CG to send a message to them that it has to stop with immediate effect, and I mean immediate effect.

“We will send plain clothes to go there. If an immigration officer is found around the arrival hall or departure hall, engaging passengers please consider that you will be at home for a long time and that will be coming from me, not the CG. So, tell them,” myjoyonline.com quoted him to have said during his visit to the headquarters.

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