General News of Tuesday, 27 June 2017Source: classfmonline.comUpgrade NACOB to Commission - Akrasi SarpongAkrasi Sarpong,former executive secretary of the Narcotics Control BoardA former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong, has called for the restructuring of NACOB to help win the fight against illicit drug trafficking in the country. According to him, it costs so much to fight drug trafficking, hence most funds allocated by government to NACOB go into reducing the supply of drugs. Speaking in an exclusive interview with ClassFMonline.com on Tuesday 27 June, 2017, Mr Sarpong said: “I think that NACOB should be structured just like the IRS: There should be a commission, then there should be a law enforcement wing that has its commissioner. Mr Sarpong added: “When you put money in NACOB…invariably all the money goes into supply reduction [and] intelligence work, and intelligence takes a lot of money. You have to do human surveillance – the vehicles you have to use to follow people and all that is not easy.

Source: GhanaWeb June 27, 2017 10:30 UTC