The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has called for comprehensive financial investigations into the networks behind narcotics trafficking in Ghana.
State institutions, the Council said, must pursue the financiers, organisers and principal beneficiaries of the illegal drug trade.
The call followed a meeting between the Council and members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Policy Committee on Defence, Intelligence & Security and the Committee on Religious Affairs on Thursday, 24th September, 2026.
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Chairman of the Christian Council, Rev. Enoch Nii Narch Thompson, said the Council shared concerns over recent high-profile interceptions of illegal substances and their implications for national security, families and the country’s youth. He stressed that the response must go beyond arrests at the lower levels of the supply chain.
A key concern, he said, was whether law enforcement agencies are adequately pursuing the financial networks behind the trade.
“Are we adequately pursuing the financiers, organizers, and principal beneficiaries of the narcotic trade? Or are we merely catching those at the bottom of the chain?” Rev. Thompson asked.
The Council said Ghana’s legal framework provides mechanisms for tracing and confiscating proceeds linked to criminal activity.
It cited the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019), and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044), urging the Presidency, Parliament, the Narcotics Control Commission, the Financial Intelligence Centre and the judiciary to use their legal powers to follow the financial footprints associated with major drug shipments.
The Council said no individual, regardless of political or economic status, should be beyond the reach of the law.
Rev. Thompson emphasised that the Council’s intervention is not an endorsement of any political party.
The Christian Council, he said, remains non-partisan and bases its interventions on its Christian mandate, constitutional responsibilities and commitment to justice, human dignity and national unity.
“Crime has no political colour. Drug addiction does not choose victims based on party cards,” the Council stated.
Rev. Thompson also stressed measures to protect young people from substance abuse and recruitment into drug trafficking networks.
According to him, the Council is working with the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment under the Sound Youth, Sound Nation programme to address substance abuse involving alcohol, marijuana, tramadol and other illicit drugs.
The initiative will support interventions across all 16 regions, including counselling, peer education and community-based support systems.
The Council, he said, also plans to use churches, youth ministries, religious media platforms and mission schools to strengthen preventive campaigns.
It called for stronger collaboration among Christian, Muslim and traditional religious bodies and said its local Councils of Churches would support civic education, community safety and cooperation with law enforcement.
The Council said it would continue monitoring the issue through its Standing Committee and Executive Council.