‘National security must protect citizens’
The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) yesterday hosted a stakeholders’ engagement in Takoradi to gather views for the review of Ghana’s 2020 National Security Strategy (NSS). The review is intended to ensure that the strategy remains responsive to changes in the domestic, regional and global security environment, including evolving threats, new state capabilities, emerging alliances ……
The Western Regional Coordinating Council organized a gathering in Takoradi for stakeholders to provide input on revising Ghana's National Security Strategy from 2020. This review aims to ensure the strategy remains relevant amidst changing security dynamics, like evolving threats, new state capabilities, emerging alliances and shifting governance structures.
The National Security Council Secretariat, as per Act 1168, has embarked on a thorough examination of the 2020 strategy, utilizing regional stakeholder dialogues to collect insights on the security challenges, risks, weaknesses, and emerging concerns facing the nation. The NSCS document emphasized that a strong national security strategy must be based on evidence from all across the country to ensure the updated strategy is informed by ground-level knowledge, not just national-level evaluations.
The Technical Adviser to the National Security Coordinator, Dr. Mohammed Bako, stated that a draft of a new National Security Strategy for 2026 has been prepared to supplant the current document.
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