Henry Nana Boakye, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has told President John Dramani Mahama to sack officials over Ghana’s recurrent cocaine busts.
The NPP accused President John Mahama of weak leadership over his handling of recent drug trafficking cases linked to Ghana demanding the dismissal of officials responsible for alleged failures within the country’s drug interdiction and security chain.
Nana Boakye criticised President Mahama’s decision to convene a meeting at the Jubilee House only to direct security officials to tighten their operations arguing that the circumstances demanded stronger action, including removing officials responsible for the breaches.
Speaking at an NPP press conference on drug trafficking, Nana Boakye stated, “They have relaxed on their duties. They must be sacked. Yet the president calls for a meeting. Nothing happens. We voted for leadership, not weak leadership”.
“What His Excellency the president is exhibiting is weak leadership,” he said.
“His Excellency the President spoke tough. He was going to crack the whip today. He cannot crack the whip. He is rather pampering the activities of illicit drugs,” Nana Boakye said.
“Close to about nine officials should have been sacked by now. Yet the President is pampering them,” he said.
Also, Kwesi Botchway Jnr, a Convener of Save the Republic and member of the NPP Communications Team, has demanded that the John Mahama government immediately name the officials it says are under investigation for allegedly facilitating the movement of narcotics.
The NPP lawyer questioned why no suspensions, arrests or public disclosures have followed, arguing that Ghanaians deserve to know the names of the government officials who are under investigation for allegedly facilitating the movement of narcotics.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Kwesi Botchway stated, “Have they been suspended? Have they been arrested? And most importantly, why has the government not named them? The minister categorically mentioned that government officials are under investigation for facilitating the shipment of narcotics to Australia.
And so why have these persons not been named? We are asking this question, and we demand answers. If the government has cleared them, they should just tell us,” he said.
He added, “It is unacceptable for government to tell parliament that some people within the system were involved in a narcotics shipment of this magnitude and then retreat behind the excuse that investigations are ongoing. Ongoing investigations cannot become a permanent hiding place for politically inconvenient information,” he added.
“We find the government’s posture in this matter particularly troubling because we live in a realm and dispensation where senior government officials such as the attorney general have developed the appetite of repeatedly announcing to the public cases that he is conducting in court and cases that he intends to conduct in court.”
“…And so what has now been the difficulty of government communicating the names of its very own officials who the government claims are under investigation for facilitating narcotic movements?”
Botchway stressed the need for equal treatment, saying that: “It is important that the Ghanaian people know you cannot have the appetite of announcing political opponents facing trial and develop the deficient appetite for not announcing government officials or your very own people involved in facilitating the transit of narcotic drugs.”
He continued: “We demand transparency. We demand fairness. We demand that the government names these people so that the Ghanaian people must know them.”
@ghnow_ NPP National Organiser Nana B has accused the John Mahama administration of turning Ghana into a “drug coast” amid concerns over drug-related issues in the country. #GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ NPP National Organiser Nana B alleges that some government officials are facilitating the smooth movement of drugs out of Ghana. #GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
