Citizens of member states of the Economic Community of West African States are exempted from Ghanas Visa-on- Arrival policy, according to Ghanas Foreign Affairs Ministry.

President John Dramani Mahama, announced the decision in his State of the Nation's address to the Ghanaian Parliament on February 25, 2016 that Ghana was ready to implement the policy.

This was after the a resolution was adopted by the African Union Executive Council meeting in Addis Ababa.

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The AU member- states analysed the security situation prevalent in the region in order to facilitate the smooth implementation of issuing visas on arrival for African citizens for 30-days.

A statement signed by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh however explained that the policy which is expected to commence in July this year, will not affect citizens of ECOWAS member states.

This is contrary to some media reports that citizens of some ECOWAS countries will be affected.

Sections of the statement read, “We wish to state that this is not the case, and all ECOWAS citizens including those from the Federal Republic of Nigeria will continue to be allowed entry into Ghana as per the provisions of the ECOWAS Protocol A/P.1/5/79 relating to Free movement of persons, residence and establishment, and which allows citizens of ECOWAS states to travel within the region without having to obtain visas prior to undertaking their journey.”