Leader of the Majority in Parliament, James Agalga, has described the Minority’s motion for a parliamentary probe into recent drug busts as completely premature.
He avers the matters in question are under active investigation and inviting Parliament at this stage risks conflicting conclusions.
His comment follows the rejection by Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, of a motion filed by the Minority to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate recent narcotics seizures linked to Ghana.
Speaking on Ghana Tonight on TV3 on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Agalga noted that multiple investigations are already running concurrently, and inviting Parliament into it will not be appropriate.
“Now most of the cases in question are under active investigation, to the extent that the court has remanded some of the persons,” he said.
“When cases are under active investigations and you come before Parliament and extend an invitation to Parliament to also commence probe, exactly what do you seek to achieve, when you have multiple investigations running concurrently?” he quizzed.
According to him, inviting the Legislature into the issue could lead to arriving at different conclusions on the same matter. “The danger is that you might arrive at different conclusions,” he said.
He explained that state agencies statutorily mandated to conduct criminal investigations are already handling the matters.
“So whiles the agencies of state which are statutorily mandated to conduct criminal investigations are actually in the course of investigating matters, you don’t bring in Parliament at that stage. It is completely premature,” he added.
The Minority’s motion was filed by First Deputy Minority Whip and MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, on Monday, September 28, 2026, requesting for an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate how major narcotics consignments were processed, inspected, cleared and exported from Ghana.
Among the cases cited was the 3.9 metric tonnes of cocaine intercepted at Dunkirk on September 10, valued at $261 million, and 320kg of methamphetamine seized by Australian Border Force on June 18, 2026, as well as earlier interceptions in Takoradi and Pedu in March 2025.
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin rejected the motion at an emergency sitting on Tuesday, September 29, ruling it inadmissible under Standing Orders 5, 6, 103, Rule F, Order 192 and Order 233, and said it risked prejudicing ongoing judicial proceedings.
Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has since described the decision as a sad day for democracy, saying the Minority will not let the matter rest.
