“It is very disgraceful the way sometimes our boys are found behaving in strange ways" — National Security Coordinator

National Security Coordinator DCOP Osman Abdul-Razak has issued a scathing rebuke of the conduct of some operatives within his outfit, describing their recent behaviour as not only “disgraceful” but also deeply harmful to the image and mission of the National Security Secretariat.

Addressing members of the National House of Chiefs during a high-level stakeholder engagement on Friday, August 1, DCOP Abdul-Razak did not mince words in expressing his frustration over what he described as a disturbing pattern of misconduct by certain personnel.

“It is very disgraceful the way sometimes our boys are found behaving in strange ways,” he said, condemning the actions that have sparked public outrage and cast a shadow over the credibility of the institution.

In what appears to be a direct response to growing criticism, the Coordinator announced a decisive policy shift to curb these excesses and restore the Secretariat’s professional standing. According to him, a comprehensive restructuring is now underway to redefine the Secretariat’s operational footprint within Ghana’s security ecosystem.

“We have changed our modus operandi,” he stated, explaining that under the new directive, operatives from the National Security Secretariat will no longer be routinely deployed for field operations. Instead, the Ghana Police Service, Immigration Service, and the Ghana Prisons Service will assume primary responsibility for boots-on-the-ground enforcement.

“The National Security will now allow the various security agencies to operate directly on the ground and will only intervene when challenges arise,” he clarified.

This shift, he said, is part of a broader overhaul under the government’s “reset agenda,” which seeks to streamline security roles, eliminate overlap, and bolster inter-agency coordination for maximum impact.

“Previously, you would find National Security involved in operations meant for other security agencies. That is wrong,” DCOP Abdul-Razak admitted. “National Security, as it is properly known, should coordinate, not take over. We are at the top of the security architecture and should act as such.”

He stressed that the Secretariat’s true mandate is strategic coordination, not frontline intervention—a distinction he believes will now be enforced more rigorously.

The move is expected to reduce friction among agencies, rebuild public confidence, and ultimately reinforce the professionalism that the national security establishment is meant to embody.