The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the Speaker, Alban Bagbin, to recall the House to investigate a series of major drug seizures linked to Ghana, including nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine found in France.
The petition, signed by the First Deputy Minority Whip and MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, invokes Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 53 of Parliament’s Standing Orders.
The Minority says it has the support of the required 15 percent of MPs, so the Speaker must summon the House within seven days.
The caucus says the recent seizure of cocaine concealed in a container of plastic waste from Ghana at the Port of Dunkirk earlier this month raises serious questions about port security, customs controls, intelligence gathering, and narcotics enforcement.
It wants Parliament to find out how the container was processed, inspected, cleared, and exported, and which port it left through.
It’s also asking about which companies and institutions handled the consignment, how far investigations and arrests have gone, and how closely Ghanaian authorities are working with their French and other foreign counterparts.
The Minority wants the Ministers responsible for Interior, Transport, and National Security to appear before Parliament, along with the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Ghana Immigration Service, and the National Intelligence Bureau.
It also wants Parliament to examine how the financiers and organisers behind big trafficking operations are identified, and whether scanning and surveillance at ports, airports, and other entry and exit points are adequate.
The caucus cited other incidents since 2025 which include more than 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized at Pedu Junction in March 2025, another consignment of about 120 slabs, and 866 parcels of suspected cocaine found at a warehouse in the Tema Harbour enclave in August 2026.
It also cited the seizure of 320kg of methamphetamine by Australian customs in June 2026, in a charcoal consignment traced to Ghana. By the Minority‘s count, high-profile seizures linked to Ghana under the current administration are worth more than US$1 billion in less than two years.
The caucus also criticised the pace of the Pedu Junction case, saying only the driver, a housemaid, and a few peripheral suspects have been arraigned, and they remain on bail after a whole year. The financiers and principal traffickers are still unidentified.
The Minority says the matters “cannot reasonably await the ordinary resumption of Parliament”.
It stressed that the inquiry would not interfere with ongoing criminal investigations or prejudge anyone. It says the recall would let Parliament carry out its oversight duty and protect the national interest.
Parliament was last recalled in August 2026, at the request of President John Dramani Mahama, to consider urgent government business.
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