The traditional leadership of Suaman in the Western North, as part of their commitment to win out the illicit drug trafficking and abuse menace in their society, has allocated a one-story building to the management of the Commission to serve as its regional operational headquarters.
The move, according to the traditional leadership, is also to enable the Commission to enhance its presence in the border areas.
The Western North Region shares boundaries with the Ivory Coast, where the trafficking of illicit drugs from the nearby communities into some communities along the borders has become vulnerable to the menace.
This has led to several able youth falling prey to the drug abuse situation in the area, hence the decision for the chiefs to allocate the facility to serve as the regional operational headquarters.
Nana Ebbi Kwaw Dehyia II, the Royal Abakomahene of Suaman Traditional Area, made this known when he paid a courtesy call to the Director-General, Brig Gen Maxwell Obuba Mantey, on Monday, 17 November 2025.
“We are very alarmed about the impact and devastation that the illicit drug trafficking and abuse is having on our energetic youth in the area, and we call on the management of NACOC to come to our rescue”. He added.
Nana Ebbi Kwaw lamented that the issue of drug abuse among the youth is a worry in his area and called for NACOC’s intervention and support to curb the menace.
He hinted that plans are far advanced by the traditional council to allocate land for the construction of a training school in the area.
On his part, Brig Gen Maxwell Obuba Mantey, the Director-General of NACOC, thanked and commended the traditional leadership for their good intentions of providing office accommodation.
He added that the impact of drug abuse among the youth has become a national concern and appealed to all, especially the traditional leadership across the country, to support the Commission in mitigating the menace.
“I assure Nananom that management will take the necessary steps to immediately renovate the office block to enable officers to move in to operate,” he stressed.
Brig Gen Mantey assured that NACOC will continue to partner with all key relevant stakeholders to ensure that the issue of illicit drug trafficking and abuse is brought to the barest minimum
