{
  "id": 11189391,
  "title": "Ntim Fordjour sets records straight on claims NPP removed NACOC from port inspections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ntim-fordjour-sets-records-straight-on-claims-npp-removed-nacoc-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T12:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/ntim-fordjour-sets-records-straight-on-claims-npp-removed-nacoc-from-port-inspections/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, an Assin South MP and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has refuted claims that the previous Akufo-Addo government removed the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) from port inspection duties. Fordjour dismissed these allegations as \"mere propaganda\" in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, stating that importers and exporters who have used the ports for the past 20 years can confirm that NACOC continues to inspect containers. He argued that the former government streamlined port inspections to reduce delays and demurrage costs, which were previously caused by 16 institutions inspecting goods one after another. Fordjour clarified that NACOC operates as an intelligence body, relaying information to other institutions for compulsory inspections when necessary.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Ntim Fordjour revisits maritime deal with Colombia; calls on gov’t to cancel it amidst drug trafficking cases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ntim-fordjour-revisits-maritime-deal-with-colombia-calls-on-govt-to",
        "published": "2026-10-01T11:42:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ntim Fordjour calls for cancellation of Ghana-Colombia maritime deal over drug trafficking concerns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/ntim-fordjour-calls-for-cancellation-of-ghana-colombia-maritime-deal",
        "published": "2026-10-01T12:16:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}