Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) Deputy Director-General Alexander Twum-Barimah has dismissed assertions that the agency’s publicized drug raids seek media attention, stating such operations fulfill a legal obligation to inform Ghanaians.
During a 27 July interview on TV3’s Hot Issues, Twum-Barimah emphasized: “We don’t need media attention for anything… We work for 35 million Ghanaians, not ourselves.”
He clarified that NACOC’s public updates—including recent confiscations and destruction of illicit drugs—are constitutionally mandated disclosures, not self-promotion. “When we report, we report the event, not the leadership,” he told host Keminni Amanor, noting citizens delegate authority to NACOC and thus deserve operational transparency.
The deputy director reiterated NACOC’s intensified crackdown on narcotics networks, citing Director-General Kenneth Adu-Amanfoh’s July directive to “extremely intensify the fight.” Recent operations reflect this shift toward proactive enforcement at trafficking sources. Twum-Barimah attributed increased busts to reactivated departmental units previously “sleeping on the job” under past administrations.
The commission’s public stance follows heightened drug interdictions amid regional security operations, including curfews in Bawku and Nalerigu after school shootings. NACOC maintains its focus remains disrupting supply chains rather than courting headlines.
