The Regional Stakeholder Engagements on the Review of the 2026 /30 National Security Strategy has been held in Cape Coast.
The constitutionally four year review document is geared towards ensuring the National Security Strategy (NSS) remained relevant in the context of national policy decisions regarding intelligence operations and operational issues within the National context.
The review process is taking place at a time of significant changes in Ghana’s domestic governance landscape, its immediate sub-regional environment, and the broader global security environment.
The document provides factual, contextual and explanatory information to support accurate, responsible and well informed media reporting.
The enactment of Act 1168, which received a presidential assent on the 31st March 2026, also introduced statutory framework for security sector coordination, intelligence agency mandates , and the operational responsibilities of Regional Ministers under the Regional Security Councils (REGSEC).
In a welcome speech, the Central Regional Minister, Honourable Eduamoah Ekow Panin Okyere observed that the security environment had evolved considerably since 2020, with increasingly assuming complex, transnational and technologically enabled dimensions.
He added that the review provided an important opportunity to reassess vulnerabilities, anticipate emerging threats and build a national security architecture that was more preventive, adoptive, intelligence-led and resilient.
The Regional Minister further called on a contemporary national security to be extended beyond the traditional conception of territorial protection.
Hon. Eduamoah stressed that the rise of online fraud, disinformation, organized crime and other technology-enabled threats demonstrated the need for a whole society approach.
The Regional Minister urged stakeholders to engage with candour, patriotism and professional objectivity. “Let us bring to this forum our local knowledge, institutional experience and practical recommendations”, he added
Security experts touched on the six phases of the National Security Strategy Review process with stakeholders as the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), Civil Society, Ghana Journalists Association, the academia, traditional authorities, students, Market leaders,Transport Unions etc contributing with various recommendations provided for a concerted inputs.