Fred Kwarteng, former Head of IT at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington D.C., has strongly denied allegations of financial misconduct and abuse of office, maintaining the projects he supervised were transparent and served the public interest.
Kwarteng claims that he never used embassy resources to promote a private business—an issue that reportedly led Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to temporarily shut down the embassy.
He spoke on Asempa FM.
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“Can we look at the positive impact—how people benefited—instead of fixating on whether someone also gained from their own initiative?” he argued, defending the legitimacy of his work.
Kwarteng asserted that his tech innovations streamlined passport applications and improved document tracking, with no recorded grievances from applicants.
“In all my years there, was there ever a single complaint online or on social media about stolen money or passports? No—not one,” he stated.
He clarified that while he received a salary for his official duties, he separately earned income by assisting external clients with communication and logistics—a practice he claims was known to embassy leadership.
“If the Heads had an issue with my work, they would have stopped me. They allowed solutions to problems,” he said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to probe the allegations as the controversy unfolds.