The services were recently suspended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after it was realized that individuals were embezzling the funds generated by the ministry and diverting them to private use instead of government coffers. Under the new regulation the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will absolutely not receive any corporate document/payment/fee(s) for processing through any employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The regulation requires that absolutely no document(s) will be finalized without the revenue receipts for corporate fees and corporate jackets(s), respectively. No request and/or payment/fee(s) for an Apostille shall be received on behalf of an applicant through an employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Absolutely no employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is allowed to encourage/engage into receiving any request and/or payment/fee(s) for an Apostille from anyone/institution for processing; as doing so constitutes a major violation of the procedures for obtaining an apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; hence, subject to consequences for the applicant(s) and/or any such employee/staff/official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: Front Page Africa March 29, 2021 08:59 UTC