Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security expert at the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Centre  has been chided by some security echelons in the country for claiming that he is the better person to handle the narcotics related issues worrying the state.

According to them, Dr Aning’s comments thus “I will challenge the president; if he wants to get to the bottom of this, he’s got to establish a bi-partisan team, *if he makes me the boss*, I will put together a great team that will bring the results very quickly,” was a clear hungry for a job favour from the president.

The condemnation comes as result of his statements on Joy FM in Accra last Wednesday, calling on the president to institute a bi-partisan team which he would be made the boss aimed at solving all the drug trafficking menace in the country.

He further warned that Ghana could be taken over by drug barons if a bi-partisan approach is not adopted to tackle the menace.

The security capo who pleaded for anonymity expressed disgust at Dr Aning’s desire to head the said proposed team, adding that his demands were bogus and opportunistic, and ought not to be taken serious.

“Instead of Dr Aning bringing his expertise on board to curtail the prevailing drug trafficking problem with the various responsible agencies of the country, he is rather interested in fighting for a job at this crucial moment when he is needed most, am sorry for him”. The top notch security capo disclosed.

“Dr Aning must stop this childish talk that if he is not given a position he can’t contribute to the development of the nation, especially narcotic issues”.

The president was urged to ignore his request of appointing him as the boss of the supposed bi-partisan team since he was not the only person with enough expertise to handle narcotics related issues in the country. His warning comes after the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) in collaboration with its internal counterparts impounded a ship at the Sekondi Naval Base carrying 400 kilograms cocaine with a street value of 50 million dollars.

The Guyanese fishing vessel, MV ATIYAH, Georgetown, was intercepted following a tip-off from Ghana’s international security partners. Five persons, four Guyanese and a Ghanaian arrested on board the ship on Tuesday, are currently being interrogated by NACOB officials.

The consignment was concealed in the vessel which sailed from Guyana with five crew members, including the Ghanaian.

A release signed by the Chairman of the NACOB Board, Capt Baffour Assasie-Gyimah (retd), and issued in Accra last Wednesday mentioned that NACOB recognised the anti-narcotic drug crusade as a shared responsibility where NACOB officials upon receiving intelligence about the movement of the vessel, started monitoring it from the high seas and as soon as it got into the country’s territorial waters, Navy officers arrested it and escorted the vessel to the Sekondi Naval Base.