The Interior Minister has introduced new reforms to the firearm licensing regime.
Under the new regime, the Ministry is requiring mandatory mental health assessments, drug screening and structured training as part of a new effort to tighten gun control and improve public safety.
He announced this at a press conference on Tuesday 23 June 2026.
He explained that the current system had significant gaps that allowed individuals to obtain firearm licences without proper psychological or skills evaluation.
Applicants are therefore required under the new law to pass through three key checkpoints — mental health evaluation, drug testing and firearms training — before a licence is granted or renewed.
“Immediately — we have a training range at Tesano. We have the Narcotics Control Commission that is ready to do the drug test. And then we have the Mental Health Authority that is ready to do the mental health,” he said.
The announcement follows the alleged shooting incident involving Ms Adwoa Safo at a property linked to Israel Safo in the Greater Accra Region.
