The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over Ghana’s growing links to major international narcotics seizures, warning that the country risks being described as a major transit point for drug trafficking networks if the government fails to take decisive action.

Addressing the press, Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, accused the government of failing to adequately address what the Minority considers a disturbing pattern of high-profile drug consignments linked to Ghana.

The Minority has cited several major narcotics seizures in Ghana and abroad over the past 18 months including cases involving cocaine and methamphetamine consignments allegedly connected to Ghana. 

The combined value of the seizures reportedly exceeds US$1 billion. 

According to Rev. Fordjour, the concern goes beyond individual arrests and seizures, raising broader questions about the security of Ghana’s ports, airports and territorial waters as well as the effectiveness of investigations targeting the masterminds behind the trade.

“Traffickers choose the path of least resistance,” he argued, warning that every consignment that passes through Ghana undetected could strengthen the perception among international criminal networks that the country offers opportunities for narcotics trafficking.

He further questioned why investigations into major seizures have, in the Minority’s view, appeared to focus largely on couriers and other peripheral actors rather than identifying and prosecuting those financing and coordinating the operations.

The Minority has therefore called for an independent parliamentary inquiry into the various narcotics cases with the caucus demanding accountability from institutions responsible for Ghana’s internal security, border control and drug enforcement.

Rev. Fordjour warned that the consequences could extend beyond Ghana’s international reputation.

“Transit routes do not stay clean. Wherever drugs move, some remain behind,” he said, arguing that increased trafficking could expose Ghanaian communities, schools and young people to greater risks of addiction, organised crime and associated social problems.

The Minority’s latest intervention adds pressure on the government as Parliament considers a proposed inquiry into major narcotics seizures linked to Ghana. 

A private members’ motion filed by the First Deputy Minority Whip, Habib Iddrisu, and co-sponsored by several minority MPs seeks the establishment of an ad hoc committee to investigate the matter. 

To the Minority, the issue is no longer simply about individual drug seizures but rather about whether Ghana’s security architecture is effectively preventing the country from being exploited by international drug-trafficking networks and whether government agencies are doing enough to identify those behind the consignments.

“Ghana has too much to lose to treat this as a distant problem for someone else’s coastline,” Rev. Fordjour said.