Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

"Today is a great day for Africa and for diplomacy. Working with our partners around the world, we have taken a giant step to end the many threats to international peace and security in our region."

"I congratulate President Akufo-Addo for his leadership. I also commend our team in NewYork, my own Ministry and the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on the United Nations Security Council, which I set up to advise me ."

"I can't find words to describe it. It was not an easy one, it was a tough one especially combining it with the work that I do and the travels. but by the grace of God, I am through and I am now a lawyer ."

"I told my officers to put up an online system. Now, the online system is being manipulated so that people can make money off it."

"We want to bring some sanity. Every time, we saypoliticians are corrupt, meanwhile, it is some public and civil servants who will do things that shouldn't be one, and then they will be put it on politicians. We are trying to bring sanity into the system but no."

"It is wrong. How can one hundred Ghana cedis for standard service to acquire a passport and one hundred and fifty cedis for expedited service be bumped up to GHS2000 and GHS3000,it is wrong."