Story by George Yawson Vineh
The Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building is calling for urgent measures to address what it describes as Ghana’s emerging narcotics trafficking threat.
This call comes as a result of the increasing number of large-scale narcotics consignments which raises serious concerns about the country’s intelligence, border-control and port-security systems.
In press statement dated on Tuesday September 15, 2026 the Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building has welcomed President John Mahama’s decision to convene security, intelligence, narcotics-control, customs, port and other relevant stakeholders to address the growing narcotics trafficking concerns.
The firm says the scale and frequency of recent international seizures involving consignments linked to Ghana require action beyond arrests and the seizure of drugs.
It argues that the developments raise questions about the effectiveness of Ghana’s intelligence gathering, border-control mechanisms and port-security architecture.
The Centre also questions whether the national security coordination system was sufficiently proactive in identifying and disrupting the threat before multiple major international seizures occurred.
Urging the President to consider changes among key officers responsible for different stages of the security and cargo-control chain as an immediate confidence-building measure, it is also calling for an independent vulnerability assessment of the relevant systems.
According to the Centre, such a move should not be construed as an allegation of wrongdoing against any individual, but rather as a measure to restore public confidence and ensure fresh leadership where institutional vulnerabilities may have emerged.
The Jatikay Centre further wants investigations to go beyond couriers and identify the financiers, facilitators, possible compromised insiders and international criminal networks behind the consignments.
It says the issue should now be treated not only as a narcotics-control matter but as a national security and institutional integrity challenge.
The Centre warns that Ghana cannot afford to become a logistics hub for transnational organized crime.
The call comes as stakeholders face increasing pressure to strengthen Ghana’s systems for detecting and disrupting international narcotics trafficking networks.
