Fight narcotics trade with military is a "non-starter" - Aning

A Security Analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has described as a “non-starter”, a suggestion that the military must be allowed to run the Narcotics Control Board.

According to him, countries that attempted to fight the drug trade with the military have failed woefully.

Executive Director for the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, David Agbee told MORNING STARR host Kafui Dey on Monday that soldiers have more integrity than civilians, and are, therefore, less prone to corruption.

In his view, the entire staff of NACOB must be replaced with soldiers.

Agbee’s proposal came on the heels of the arrest of three people at the Kotoka International Airport in connection with a 12.5-kg cocaine bust of a Ghanaian Lady with Austrian citizenship at Heathrow Airport on November 9/10 by UK authorities.

Speaking on the MORNING STARR with Kafui Dey on Wednesday, Dr. Aning said the military cannot handle the cumbersome nature of the drug trade.

“I listened and I read this talk about handing NACOB to the military and I think it’s a non-starter”.

He said research has proven over the years that militarization is not the best approach in fighting narcotics.

“The militarisation suggestion is exciting but not the right way to go,” the Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) stated.