Assin South MP John Ntim Fordjour has accused the government of presiding over what he describes as repeated cocaine clearances at Ghana’s ports, warning that the alleged development is damaging the country’s international reputation.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee questioned how the country’s port and airport security systems were handling the movement of suspected narcotics consignments.
He alleged that authorities responsible for port security, including the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Customs, the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), have allowed the situation to reach a point where Ghana was attracting international attention over cocaine seizures.
Rev. Fordjour described the alleged pattern as “one shift, three containers” and “one shift, three cocaine clearings,” using the phrase to raise concerns about how suspected drug consignments could pass through the country’s ports.
“If Mahama and the NDC government want to be tagged and known for drug trafficking, they should know that not every Ghanaian is interested in politics like the Christian Council, Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Muslim Federation, and the traditional rulers,” he said.
He argued that the fight against drug trafficking should not be reduced to partisan politics, insisting that national interests must take precedence over political affiliations.
“When we go to election, more than 15 million voters out of the over 35 million population,” he said, arguing that many Ghanaians were not actively involved in partisan politics but remained concerned about the country’s welfare.
Fordjour said the alleged developments at the ports were a national concern and should prompt questions about the effectiveness of the systems responsible for detecting and preventing drug trafficking.
“Now we have gone global, it is a disgrace for us,” he added.
His comments come amid public scrutiny of cocaine consignments linked to Ghana and concerns about how narcotics are detected and intercepted along international shipping routes.
The allegations against the government and port authorities have not, by themselves, established that officials deliberately facilitated drug trafficking.
The circumstances surrounding the shipments and the effectiveness of the relevant security procedures remain matters for investigation.
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