The Minority in Parliament has filed a private members’ motion seeking an inquiry into major narcotics seizures involving consignments linked to Ghana, with the proposed exercise expected to examine how the shipments moved through the country’s export system.
First Deputy Minority Whip and Tolon MP, Honourable Habib Iddrisu, filed the motion on Monday, September 28, under Parliament’s Standing Order 102, with eight other New Patriotic Party MPs joining as co-sponsors.
The eight co-sponsors are: Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Dominic Nitiwul, Abena Osei-Asare, Patrick Boamah, Alhassan Tampuli, Mahama Abdul Kabiru and Samuel Awuku.
Honourable Iddrisu is seeking the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee under Article 103 of the 1992 Constitution and the relevant parliamentary rules to conduct what the sponsors describe as a transparent and bipartisan examination of the drug seizures. The proposed inquiry covers the nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine intercepted by French authorities at Dunkirk in September, alongside the 320 kilogrammes of methamphetamine seized in Australia in June and other major narcotics interceptions linked to Ghana.
The Tolon MP and the other sponsors are also asking Parliament to examine additional narcotics seizures connected to Ghana since the beginning of the Ninth Parliament, thereby extending the scope beyond the two recent international interceptions. A central part of the proposed exercise concerns the movement of the consignments through Ghana’s ports and the systems used to clear them for export.
The committee would therefore examine the risk profiling, scanning, physical examination and customs procedures applied to the shipments, while assessing the roles played by companies and public institutions involved in their processing. Honourable Iddrisu is also asking Parliament to scrutinise the adequacy of security and surveillance arrangements at Ghana’s seaports, airports and other entry and exit points.
The proposed committee would further review the progress of investigations, arrests and prosecutions arising from the seizures, while examining cooperation between Ghanaian agencies and foreign authorities involved in detecting the consignments.
Beyond tracing the shipments, the proposed inquiry would examine efforts to identify alleged financiers, organisers, facilitators and other persons who may form part of wider trafficking networks. The Minority is also seeking recommendations on legislative, administrative, security and institutional reforms that could strengthen Ghana’s response to international narcotics trafficking.
Minority Push For Parliamentary Recall Brings Drug Seizures Before House
The Minority’s latest motion on Ghana linked narcotics seizures follows weeks of pressure for Parliament to reconvene and independently examine how major consignments of illicit drugs passed through the country.
First Deputy Minority Whip, Honourable Habib Iddrisu, had earlier led the caucus in requesting an extraordinary sitting after the seizure of nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine in Dunkirk became a major national security issue.
The Tolon MP invoked Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Parliament’s Standing Orders in the earlier request, with the Minority indicating that it has secured the required support from Members of Parliament for the recall.
Honourable Iddrisu subsequently argued that an executive investigation should not prevent Parliament from exercising its own constitutional oversight responsibilities.
The Minority particularly questioned whether an inter-agency task force established by the Executive could provide the same level of independent parliamentary scrutiny, given that some state institutions involved in the drug control system could themselves be required to answer questions about the seizures.
The parliamentary push gained further significance after the French seizure was linked to a consignment that had departed Ghana, while another major methamphetamine shipment connected to the country was intercepted in Australia.
Against this backdrop, Speaker Alban Bagbin has summoned Parliament to sit at noon on Tuesday, September 29, under the constitutional provision governing extraordinary sittings. The Speaker’s action creates a formal opportunity for lawmakers to consider the concerns raised by the Minority and determine how Parliament should proceed with the matter.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) also called for a bipartisan parliamentary probe into the series of narcotics cases linked to Ghana, urging Parliament to establish the facts surrounding the seizures and examine the systems involved. National Organiser of the NPP, Henry Nana Boakye, made the demand at a press conference on September 22, 2026, where he argued that the scale of the cases required scrutiny beyond statements from government institutions.
Mr Boakye urged the Speaker to recall Parliament and establish a with powers to summon witnesses, demand documents and conduct public hearings. He explained that such a process would allow the relevant state agencies and officials to account for their roles in the cases.
“We therefore call on the Speaker to recall the House without delay, and we call for the establishment of a special bipartisan committee drawn from both sides of the aisle, with full powers to summon witnesses, compel the production of documents, and sit in public session to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the drug scandal linked to Ghana.”
Henry Nana Boakye
The NPP National Organiser further questioned the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Musah Atta, whom the party linked to presidential and vice-presidential security arrangements. He therefore urged investigators to establish whether any official access or state infrastructure had been exploited in connection with the cocaine shipment.
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