Nigeria, Sept. 27 -- The Ghanaian government has announced that the United States has lifted the visa restrictions it had earlier imposed on Ghana.

This comes a few weeks after Ghana accepted US deportees from Nigeria and other West African countries.

In a post on X on Friday, the country's Foreign Minister, Samuel Ablakwa, announced that the new policy now allows citizens to apply for five-year multiple-entry visas.

He also stated that the reversal of the restriction comes with other enhanced consular privileges, adding that the development was the result of months of diplomatic engagement.

"The US visa restriction imposed on Ghana has been reversed. Ghanaians can now be eligible for five-year multiple-entry visas and other enhanced ...