The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has stated that the government ought to stop intimidating the Assin North Member of Parliament and focus on dealing with the allegations of illicit drug activities and money laundering.
General Secretary of AFAG Arnold Boateng said, ”This is an opportunity for Ghana to roll out measures to deal with the cases of drug activities.”
He claimed that the issue has become so partisan to the point that the NDC and NPP are pointing accusing fingers at each other and abandoning the core issues.
Speaking on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, he supported the suggestion for a bipartisan approach in dealing with the matters.
He said parliament was to summon the various security heads, including the Narcotics Control Commission, to appear before the House to respond to questions.
Arnold Boateng is also asking the Speaker of Parliament to call for an emergency sitting to address the issue because ‘’this issue is an emergency issue that has affected our economy. What Ghanaians have refused to examine is the possibility of Ghana being blacklisted. If you are blacklisted, it will create a serious crisis for us and be dangerous for the bigger economy. So AFAG is calling on parliament to probe the matter beyond the allegations and look at the broad picture of drug-related activities.
He added, ”The government should not reduce this to the Ntim Fodjour issue. It is too petty for the government to do that. It should be a bigger issue of drug trade against Ghana so that parliament will probe it. It is so pedestrian for Ntim Fordjour to be arrested. Rather focus on expanding the issue and probe it beyond the allegations made by the MP”.
He advised President Mahama to ’”use the allegations made by Ntim Fordjour as an opportunity to have this investigated. But he should allow Parliament to probe the matter to prevent Ghana from being tagged as a cocaine hub”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
