The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed that the Ghana Immigration officer seen in a viral video demanding money from a passenger for “breakfast” has been transferred from the airport.
In a statement issued on Thursday, August 6, 2026, the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) disclosed that the Immigration Service has confirmed that the officer involved in the video is no longer stationed at the airport.
Portions of the statement read, “Management has also taken note of a viral video showing a Ghana Immigration Service officer demanding money for “breakfast” from a passenger. The Ghana Immigration Service has confirmed that the officer in question has since been transferred from the airport”.
Also, GACL said two Port Health officers were also found to have extorted money from a foreign passport holder for the issuance of a Yellow Fever Card.
GACL disclosed that the approved fee for foreign passport holders is $20, while Ghanaian passport holders are required to pay GH₵100. Nevertheless, the two officers allegedly charged the passenger $40.
“On 5th August 2026, two Port Health officers working inside Terminal 3 were found to have extorted money from a foreign passport holder for the issuance of a Yellow Fever Card. The approved fees are USD20 for foreign passport holders and GHS100 for Ghanaian passport holders. However, the officers charged the passenger USD40,” it stated.
“Immediate action has been taken: Their ID cards to operate in the terminal have been withdrawn and deactivated. As of Thursday, 6th August 2026, the two officers are no longer permitted to work at Accra International Airport or any other GACL-operated airport,” the statement added.
The development comes on the back of new governance data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), which has disclosed that unofficial payments to access public services in Ghana rose sharply in the second half of 2025.
According to the GSS, the proportion of Ghanaians who paid a bribe increased from 14.3% in the first half of 2025 to 18% in the second half.
They disclosed that one in six people paid a bribe to a public official during the second half of 2025.
The GSS data reveals that nearly 7 in 10 citizens who encountered bribery reported that public officials demanded extra payments.
On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu, speaking at a Governance Series event organised by Three Reports and the GSS, made this known.
Dr Alhassan Iddrisu stated, “The most recent six months, which is July to December 2025, got harder compared to the previous six months, which is January to June 2025”.
“Over the last six months of 2025, the share who paid a bribe rose from 14.3% in the first half of 2025 to 18% in the second half of 2025. That is about one in six paid a bribe to a public official.”
He further disclosed that requests for extra payments increased even more sharply, rising from 51% in the first half of 2025 to 69% in the second half of 2025.
“So the pressure sits at the counter. The problem now is less what citizens offer and more of what officials would ask,” Dr Iddrisu said.
“The full year, which is 2025, got better compared to 2024. Both of these stories are true, and that’s the beauty of the six-monthly survey that we do, to be able to look at trends within waves and even compare between years,” he said.
The GSS findings cover citizens’ experiences between July and December 2025 and were collected during the first quarter of 2026 during interviews with household heads.
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