Cocaine politics is the cynics� description of the state�s management of the narcotics conundrum so far and it has been appalling. We could not agree more with the description and wish to add that it is a subject whose politicisation has done more harm than otherwise in the fight against international drug pushing.
The politicisation of the subject, as part of the overall strategy of the ruling party�s opposition days, was executed so well that one could bet poppy plants could be sighted at the backyard of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) which was at the helm at the time.
By a twist of fate, however, the NDC came to power and the drug which under the NPP was largely stopped at the Kotoka International Airport is now busted at the final destination of Heathrow and elsewhere.
What an indictment on the performance and media-touted commitment of the NDC government to eradicating drug pushing in the country.
So messy and pervasive has the drug issue become that dashing to the rooftop and shouting �cocaine here, cocaine there� by anti-drug crusaders would not be an exaggeration.
We wish things had not degenerated to such depths given the negative effects of the drug trade on the image of the country in the international community. How can we avoid the embarrassing frisking of Ghanaian nationals at major international airports such as Heathrow and JFK when cocaine can be smuggled in plantains to the United Kingdom?
Whether the NACOB�s Akrasi Sarpong makes good his threat to throw in the towel or not, the bottom-line is that he has failed to stem the worrying tide of drug trade even after opening his mouth so wide and lying that politicians but his are the culprits.
Here we are faced with a rising number of arrests and seizure of gargantuan quantities of narcotic substances originating from Ghana, almost mocking the so-called government�s zero-tolerance for the drug trade.
Characteristic of a rotten system, Mr. Akrasi Sarpong, who under a different jurisdiction should have resigned or given the marching orders, is being plodded on by the National Security Coordinator with words of encouragement.
Let the NACOB chief and whoever is supporting him to stay on bow their heads in shame and realise that all conditions will one day end, especially governments and their appointees.
The backgrounds of the NACOB employees who were recruited recently speak volumes about how government officials could even attempt a cover-up. We wish we did not have to state that Ghana under the NDC has become a major drug hub. So who are the government personalities with a hand in the mess?
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