Prez Mahama's meeting with the security chiefs was full of 'fireworks' - Edudzi
According to him, the President was not happy with the recent incidents of cocaine busts related to Ghana.
The meeting between President John Mahama and the country's security chiefs on September 17 was tense, according to Edudzi Tameklo, CEO of the National Petroleum Authority. The President was displeased with recent cocaine seizures related to Ghana, stating that no one would be allowed to ruin his legacy. The meeting, held at the Jubilee House, focused on reviewing vulnerabilities at Ghana's ports, airports and land borders and addressing intelligence-sharing, cargo and passenger screening systems, and joint enforcement operations.
The invitation letter, signed by Dr. Callistus Mahama, the President's Secretary, mandated heads of key state institutions and private terminal operators to attend, emphasizing the urgency and national-security implications. The meeting came after the Minority in Parliament demanded a full-scale parliamentary inquiry into a series of seizures worth over $1 billion, citing seizures of 3.3 tonnes of cocaine, 866 parcels at Tema Harbour, 320kg of methamphetamine in Australia, and 3.9 tonnes seized by French customs at Dunkirk from a container that departed Ghana.
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