President John Dramani Mahama has invited heads of key state institutions to a high-level meeting on border security and the fight against narcotics trafficking, scheduled for Thursday, 17 September 17, at the Jubilee House.
According to an invitation letter signed by Callistus Mahama, Ph.D., Secretary to the President, and dated 14th September 2026, the meeting will bring together officials to discuss measures to strengthen the country’s border security and prevent the trafficking of narcotic drugs and other illicit substances through Ghana’s ports, airports and land borders.
The letter indicates that 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.
Each institution invited has been directed to be represented by its head, accompanied by no more than one relevant technical officer.
Participants have also been asked to come prepared with a brief assessment of existing security gaps and to propose practical measures to improve intelligence sharing, surveillance, screening, and joint enforcement operations.
The Office of the President described the meeting as urgent, stating that given its national-security implications, personal attendance of the invited heads is required.
Institutions listed as invitees include the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, the Customs Division at Tema Collection, the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, operators of terminal scanners, Ghana Link Network Services Ltd, the Ghana Maritime Authority, the Chief of Naval Staff, Meridian Port Services Ltd, the National Intelligence Bureau, the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service/INTERPOL, the Narcotics Control Commission, and the Ghana Airports Company Limited.
The meeting comes amid heightened scrutiny of Ghana’s ports and borders as authorities seek to tighten controls against the movement of illicit drugs through the country’s entry points.