The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding the removal of the heads of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) as it calls on President John Dramani Mahama to provide answers over a series of drug-related cases involving Ghana.

The party says the reported narcotics interceptions raise serious questions about the effectiveness of the country’s drug-control systems and security arrangements at key entry and exit points.

The demand comes amid renewed public scrutiny following the seizure of 866 parcels of suspected cocaine at Tema Harbour in August 2026 and the arrest of a Syrian national in Lebanon with 46.7 kilogrammes of cocaine after travelling from Accra in October.

NPP Wants Accountability from Government

The NPP has argued that officials responsible for institutions tasked with preventing drug trafficking must be held accountable for possible failures within the system.

At a press conference in September, the party’s National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, called for the removal of several institutional heads, including the Director-General of NACOC and the Managing Director of Ghana Airports Company Limited.

The demand also covered officials of other institutions responsible for port operations, maritime security, intelligence and customs.

Mr Boakye called on President Mahama to take decisive action and questioned the government’s response to the reported drug seizures.

The party also called for a bipartisan parliamentary investigation into multiple narcotics-related cases, arguing that the country needs answers about how suspected drug consignments were able to move through its systems.

November Cocaine Seizure Raises More Questions

The latest concerns follow the arrest of a Syrian national at Lebanon’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on October 31, 2026.

Lebanese authorities reportedly found 46.7 kilogrammes of cocaine in the suspect’s luggage after he arrived from Accra.

NACOC subsequently said the arrest resulted from a coordinated controlled-delivery operation involving Ghanaian and Lebanese authorities. The Commission said investigations were continuing to identify and arrest other people connected to the alleged trafficking network.

However, the Jatikay Centre has questioned NACOC’s explanation and called for further clarification about when the drugs were detected, how the operation was conducted and whether any accomplices in Ghana had been arrested.

President Mahama’s Response

President Mahama has previously directed an inter-agency task force to review Ghana’s systems for detecting and preventing drug trafficking through its borders.

He also directed the reinstatement of NACOC in joint container inspection operations at the ports.

The NPP, however, wants the government to go further by demanding accountability from officials heading institutions involved in the country’s security and narcotics-control arrangements.

The calls have intensified the national debate over drug trafficking, institutional responsibility and the need to strengthen Ghana’s border security systems.

The NPP’s demands remain political calls for accountability; they do not, by themselves, establish that the named institutional heads were involved in the movement of the drugs.

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