The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister for the Interior to name and prosecute any government officials allegedly involved in the trafficking of narcotics.

This follows the reported seizure of methamphetamine valued at about $300 million in Australia.

In a post on social media, Rev. Ntim Fordjour said any public official found to be connected to the drug trafficking operation must face the full force of the law, insisting that positions of power must not be used to facilitate criminal activities.

“Those government officials must be named and prosecuted. We will resist every attempt to shield drug trafficking government officials,” he stated.

Rev. Ntim Fordjour further cautioned that elected and appointed officials have a responsibility to serve the public and not exploit their positions for criminal enterprises.

“You’ve been elected and appointed not to use power to operate multimillion dollar drug trafficking cartel,” he added.

His call comes less than 24 hours after the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, disclosed before the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance that preliminary investigations into the trafficking of 320kg of methamphetamine narcotics, valued at over $300 million, had uncovered possible involvement of some government and public officials in facilitating the movement of the high-profile shipment through Ghana.