President John Dramani Mahama has invited the Ministers for the Interior and Transport to a high-level meeting on border security and narcotics control.
The development comes after concerns were raised about the exclusion of the two ministers from the first invitation.
An invitation issued by the Office of the President and dated September 14, 2026, lists the Ministers for the Interior and Transport among officials expected to attend the meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 17, at 12:30 p.m. at the Jubilee House in Accra.
The meeting is intended to discuss measures to strengthen Ghana’s border security and prevent the trafficking of narcotic drugs and other illicit substances through the country’s ports, airports and land borders.
The inclusion of the two ministers follows questions over the composition of the initial invitation, with some individuals, prominently NPP’s Sammi Awuku, questioning why the ministers responsible for internal security and transport were not included in the first list of invitees.
The Akuapem North legislator has been among those drawing attention to the issue, as concerns over Ghana’s vulnerability to narcotics trafficking continue to generate public discussion.
The revised invitation, signed by the Secretary to the President, Callistus Mahama, PhD, also includes the Ministers for Finance and Foreign Affairs, alongside the Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service, the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and the Commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority.
Other invitees include the Sector Commander of the Customs Division, Tema Collection; the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority; operators of terminal scanners; Ghana Link Network Services Limited; the Ghana Maritime Authority; the Ghana Navy; Meridian Port Services Limited; the Bureau of National Intelligence; the Ghana Police Service–Criminal Investigations Department/Interpol; the Narcotics Control Commission; and the Ghana Airports Company Limited.
According to the invitation, the meeting will review existing vulnerabilities, intelligence-sharing arrangements, cargo and passenger screening systems, inter-agency coordination and the deployment of technology to detect and disrupt narcotics trafficking.
Participants are expected to provide assessments of existing security gaps and propose practical measures to improve intelligence sharing, surveillance, screening and joint enforcement operations.
