The NPP is demanding the removal of heads of several key state institutions following the seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine in France in a shipment that originated from Ghana.
Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, NPP National Organiser Nana B said the seizure raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the country’s systems for detecting and preventing drug trafficking.
“The NPP demands the immediate removal of institutional heads and the ministers they report to. I saw a video where Honourable Muntaka was telling us that it appears the French authorities do not even want to collaborate with authorities here because they have lost confidence in them and that they don’t trust them; this statement alone should have triggered his removal or resignation. It is an indictment on Ghana and the government,” he said.
His comments follow the September 10 seizure by French customs authorities of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a container carrying plastic waste that had arrived from Ghana at the Port of Dunkirk.
The consignment, estimated to be worth about €225 million, has raised questions about how it passed through Ghana’s port and security systems without being detected before reaching France.
Nana B specifically called for the removal of several officials, including the heads of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Ghana Maritime Authority, Ghana Shippers Authority and Narcotics Control Commission.
“The Director General, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, he must be sacked. The Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority, this person must be fired. The Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Shippers Authority. This person must go. The Director General, the Narcotics Control Commission, and the deputies must all go,” he stated.
Nana B argued that the seriousness of the incident was heightened by the fact that the shipment was only intercepted after leaving Ghana.
“If we can have such a huge amount of illicit drugs moving freely, escorted by officials through our ports, and we only found out in France, all those officers along the chain of command must be sacked,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament is pushing for the House to be recalled to consider a bipartisan inquiry into a series of drug-related cases linked to Ghana.
