Ghana: Speaker Rejects Motion for Probe Into Narcotics Cases · Minority Describes Ruling As Parliamentary Oversight

Ghana: Speaker Rejects Motion for Probe Into Narcotics Cases · Minority Describes Ruling As Parliamentary Oversight

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has dismissed a private members' motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into recent narcotics-related cases recorded in the country.

Predicting The Speaker’s Gavel

We can bet the Deputy Minority Chief Whip Iddrisu Habib was not surprised at the dismissal of his request for an ad hoc probe into the cocaine cases which Read More...

Speaker rejects motion for probe into narcotics cases • Minority describes ruling as parliamentary oversight

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has dismissed a private members’ motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into recent narcotics-related cases recorded in the country. The motion, sponsored by the First Deputy Minority Whip and Member of Parliament for Tolon, Mr Habib Iddrisu, sought the establishment of a committee to conduct a transparent …

Habib Iddrisu challenges Speaker’s reason for rejecting drug inquiry

The Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, has rejected the argument that ongoing court cases should prevent Parliament from investigating Ghana’s alleged role as a transit point for illicit drugs. The Tolon MP disagreed with the reasoning attributed to Speaker Alban Bagbin for rejecting the Minority’s motion seeking a parliamentary inquiry into the drug scandal. […]

Minority disagrees with Speaker's ruling on Caucus's drug probe motion ...

Speaker Bagbin rejects Minority’s motion for a bipartisan probe into narcotic seizures

By Ashiadey Dotse Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has ruled a motion seeking parliamentary inquiry into recent major narcotic seizures linked to Ghana as inadmissible. The ruling was delivered during Parliament’s emergency sitting on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. The Speaker said he reached the decision after considering the motion, its proposed terms of reference, ongoing […]