Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is engaging the public over a possible ban against Ghana by the US Trump administration.

News of the travel ban on the African-dominated countries list emerged after a memo from The Washington Post. The countries set to be affected include Ghana, Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; Gambia.

The others are Ivory Coast; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

The report revealed that the US State Department has new benchmarks and requirements that it would want the governments of these countries to meet within 60 days. The criteria look into issues of terrorism and visa overstay, in which Ghana is complicit.

According to the minister, the Department has formally engaged Ghanaian authorities over the matter, and discussions are ongoing.