A 3-day workshop with explosive companies and dealers following the 2021 assessment exercise on the operations of commercial explosive companies, dealers, transporters, and users in Ghana has begun at the Volta Hotel, Akosombo. The workshop is aimed at sensitizing the various stakeholders on the GAPs identified during the…
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Afi A. Yakubu, together with some Senior Officers of the Commission, has paid a courtesy call on the Director-General of Ghana Prisons Service, Isaac Kofi Egyir and the Chief Fire Officer, Julius Kuunuor, respectively. This…
The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA), Ms. Afi A. Yakubu, has called on all members of staff of the Commission to show more dedication, hard work and teamwork in order to achieve the aspirations of the Commission.…
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons has launched the Ghana Arms Database System also known as THE GAD. The establishment of the Database Management System on Small Arms and related matters is a response to the obligation under the ECOWAS Convention and obligations under other…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has organized its annual coordination meeting of National Commissions on Small Arms in Ghana, Accra. The 3-day meeting which was held from 17th-19th November was to review activities for the effective implementation of the convention of Small Arms and Light…
A new governing board of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) was inaugurated last Wednesday in Accra by the Minister of the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery. The 15-member board consists of Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso (Board Chairman), Mr. Jones Borteye Applerh (Executive Secretary, NACSA),…
A 4-day capacity building training on ‘Arms Identification and Tracing’ was held in Accra for Security Agencies and Officers of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons. The workshop, which was conducted by Conflict Armament Research (CAR) begun on Monday, 23rd August through to Thursday, 26th…
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has held a meeting with security agencies to introduce the itrace”, an international tracing database system as a tool for tracing illicit weapons globally and discuss the possibility for CAR to document…
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons in collaboration with Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) with the support of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) organized a multi-stakeholder workshop with relevant institutions on Ghana’s ratification on the Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons…