By Francis Kobena Tandoh
The minister for interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, announced on Tuesday that the government will destroy over 2,000 seized firearms next month.
The exercise comes at the end of the government’s Gun Amnesty Programme (GAP), which ended on January 30th, 2026.
“As part of the post-gun amnesty programme, the ministry, in collaboration with the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces, National Security Council Secretariat and other key stakeholders, will undertake the 8th Arms Destruction Ceremony on Thursday, 9th July, 2026, at the Police Depot, Tesano, Accra, at 10:00a.m., where over 2,000 seized and surrendered firearms will be destroyed and eliminated from society,” he said.
He cautioned Private Security Organisations (PSOs) and their personnel that possession and usage of firearms and ammunition are prohibited as stipulated in Regulation 13 of Police Service (Private Security Organisations) Regulations, 1992 (L.I. 1571).
Muntaka commended the efforts of the regional ministers, the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, the Ghana Police Service, the Information Services Department, the Steering and Planning Committees, and the Technical Working Group as well as the staff of the Interior Ministry for the success of the Gun Amnesty Programme.
He urged collective commitment to a safer, more peaceful and gun-violence-free Ghana. End item
Source: Ghana Eye Report
