By Adnan Adams Mohammed
The Chairman of the ruling NDC of Awutu Senya East Constituency has called on the Narcotics Control Commission to partially decentralised their operations to help in tackling the drug menace from the district level for effective results.
Chairman Ofosu Agyare bemoans the increasingly drug trafficking syndicates spreading across the country which is fueling drug abuse menace that has eluded many of the Ghanaian youth.
In recent months, the effort of NACOC and other security agencies have helped busted many drug trafficking gangs which included suspected cocaine, Indian hemps and other pharmaceutical drugs smuggled into the country at ports of exits and mainland.
“I think if the NACOC people can decentralise their operations and establish offices within some districts, like Awutu Senya for instance, it will help a lot in fighting the drug menace eating our youth”, Chairman Agyare noted during a radio discussion.
The real estate business mogul expressed his worry at the alarming rate of drug abuse and addicts spreading across the country endangering the youth of the country.
“All what I can say is, sometimes as people trials and bad experience forces us to change from bad things, so I think if this drug dealers and addicts are arrested and putting behind bars it can help them change.”
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) is a Ghanaian agency under the Ministry of Interior. It is the agency concerned with the formulation and enforcement of narcotics laws in the country. The Commission work is aimed at preventing the use, import, and export of narcotics.
It’s mission is to implement legislations and conventions on Narcotic Drugs, Precursor chemicals and Psychotropic substances through a motivated workforce and effective collaboration.
