NACSA ORGANISES RETREAT FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT HO, VOLTA REGION
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons organised a Retreat for the new Board at the Volta Serene Hotel in Ho, from the 15th to18th November, 2017. The objective of the retreat was to expose the Board members to the nature, mandate, functions (Act 736 of 2007), activities, achievements and challenges, strength and […]
NACSA BOARD PAYS WORKING VISIT TO THE ASHANTI REGION, KUMASI
The Board of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA), composed of the Chairman, Executive Secretary and a Board Member, paid a working visit to the Ashanti Region on the 21st of February, 2018. The delegation visited the Ashanti Regional Association of Blacksmiths (ASHRAB), Regional Police Command and the Regional Minister. The […]
THE 6TH SPACE SCIENCE & SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 20TH-23RD NOVEMBER, 2017. ALL NATIONS UNIV
The Space Satellite Technology Laboratory from the All Nations University College (ANU) extended an invitation to the Head of Information Technology from the Commission to participate in The 6th Space Science Satellite Technology Applications conference from 20th to 23rd November, 2017 at the All Nations University College main campus in Koforidua. The theme of the […]
NACSA AND POLICE TAKE STOCK OF SEIZED ILLICIT SMALL ARMS IN ASHANTI REGION
BACKGROUND The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service embarked on stocktaking of seized, found, confiscated and surrendered small arms in Police Exhibit Stores and Armouries in the Ashanti Region from the 11th to 29th October, 2017. The stocktaking exercise took place in all the fourteen (14) […]
GHANA NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS (NACSA) DESTROYS 1,319 SEIZED ILLICIT ARMS
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior, and in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Police Service, destroyed 1,319 seized illicit small arms during a Weapons Destruction Programme to commemorate the United Nations International Small Arms Destruction Day on Saturday 9th July, […]
CIVILIAN SMALL ARMS AMNESTY FOR 2016
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR & SMALL ARMS COMMISSION Pursuant to Weapons Amnesty announced by the Government on 16th August 2016, it is hereby announced to the Public that all persons in possession of unregistered weapons as well as those with expired licenses has been given opportunity from the 22nd August 2016 to 23rd September, 2016 […]
SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (CSP2), GENEVA 22-26 AUGUST 2016
GENERAL DEBATE SEGMENT STATEMENT OF THE DELEGATION OF GHANA DELIVERED BY MR. JOSEPH OWUSU-ANSAH, FIRST SECRETARY ON TUESDAY 23RD AUGUST, 2016. Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen Ghana aligns itself with the statements delivered yesterday by the African Union and ECOWAS. Ghana congratulates you, Ambassador Emmanuel Imohe, on your presidency of the Second Conference of […]
THE SECOND TECHNICAL LEVEL WORKSHOP ON THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) 20-21 JULY 2016, VOLTA SERENE HOT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) organized the Second Technical Level Workshop on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Implementation in Ghana at Volta Serene Hotel in Ho on 20-21 July 2016. The […]
A COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED BY THE PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES AT THE END OF A TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON ATT
We, the participating political parties, consisting of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the People’s National Convention (PNC), and The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), having met at a workshop on armed violence in elections organized by the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons with the support of […]
NEWZEALAND DELEGATION VISITS SMALL ARMS COMMISSION
A two-member delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of NewZealand paid a working visit to the Small Arms Commission. The delegation includes Mr. Finnian Cheshire, Policy Officer of the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division and Mr. David Lilly, Second Secretary on Mulilateral issues at the NewZealand High Commission in Ghana. The visit […]