The governing National Democratic Congress, NDC, has downplayed calls by the opposition New Patriotic Party for a bipartisan parliamentary probe into recent drug trafficking cases linked to Ghana.
This follows a series of high-profile drug seizures linked to the country, placing Ghana’s ports, borders and security agencies under heightened scrutiny.
Reacting to the development on Starr Today, Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress and Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande, insisted that ongoing investigations by the relevant security agencies must be allowed to take their course.
“Again, another useless call. How do you reduce a crime to a conversation in a palace? A crime is a crime. How do you even invite parliamentarians into a crime? They don’t have the jurisdiction, they don’t have the expertise, and they don’t have the capacity.
“This is a typical crime. A group of greedy people, whether they are foreigners, whether they are Ghanaians, whether they are NPP or NDC, have put all of us into a national shame. And we must go after those people until we find all of them,” he added.
“What is bipartisan about this? Again, the NPP’s appetite for trivializing serious issues. Their minds are so fixated on elections that they don’t have the wisdom to understand that this is not the time to politicize everything. How do you politicize drugs? They should wait.
“If investigations are completed and, by the grace of God, we get to know the individuals behind this, then we can have a proper conversation. Who knows what the next step the President will take? The President is waiting for a report. Let’s allow the report to come,” he quizzed.
He added that when the report comes, the President will take action to clean up the situation.
“Why are they in a rush when they don’t have a good record? The NPP is the only political party whose Member of Parliament was jailed for facilitating drugs. That is what they are looking for to seek to equalize.
“They are talking about quantity. Whether it is one kilogramme of cocaine or one hundred containers, it’s a national disgrace. Whether it is one container or 100 containers, it shouldn’t happen at all.
“Yet, it has happened. So, as a country, I am happy that my President is rising to the occasion, not to become a clearing agent, but seeking the best possible solution that will save us from a repetition of this.”
Source: Starrfm.com.gh/Benjamin Sackey
