The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) embarked on a sensitization tour in Kumasi, engaging students at both tertiary and basic school levels. The initiative forms part of NACSA’s ongoing sensitization efforts under the Silencing the Gun to Save a Life Project, funded by the…
The Commission strongly condemns the increasing display and misuse of firearms at social gatherings and traditional festivals. We respectfully urge traditional leaders to place an immediate ban on the display and use of firearms in this year’s celebrations and festivities.
On 23rd and 24th July 2025, the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) convened a high-level, two-day stakeholder engagement at its headquarters to review the proposed National Arms Bill. This critical meeting marks a key step in finalizing the draft legislation ahead of its submission…
Accra, 25th July 2025 – The Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, has been officially sworn in as a member of the Governing Board of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA). The brief…
On Monday, 14th July 2025, the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed – Mubarak reiterated Government’s commitment to pass the National Arms Bill into law by the end of this year. A statement he made during the Government Accountability Series that was held at the Jubilee house…
The Minister for the Interior has inaugurated a new Governing Board for the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NACSA) at a ceremony held on Thursday, July 10, 2025. The newly constituted Board, chaired by Hon. Godwin Animli Dorgbadzi-Dorani, comprises professionals with diverse expertise from the…
The KAFO VI Regional Planning Meeting concluded on 29th May, in Accra after three days of strategic dialogue, planning and collaboration among national focal points, regional experts and international partners committed to strengthening responses to cross-border firearms trafficking in West Africa.
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons proudly announces that its Acting Executive Secretary, Dr. Adam Alhassan Adamu Bonaa, has been appointed as the Chair of the Diversion Information Exchange Forum (DIEF) under the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This milestone was confirmed by the president of…
The Ag. Executive Secretary of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons is leading Ghana’s delegation to the Twelfth Meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Firearms (WGF), which opened today, 28th April, 2025 in Vienna, Austria. The high-level meeting, convened under the United Nations…
In a significant stride towards combating the illicit proliferation of small arms and ammunition in Ghana, a total of 29 packs of shotgun cartridges were intercepted during a security operation at the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao on Tuesday, 8th April 2025. The operation, which led to the arrest…