Source: Africa Publicity
Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has signed five bills into law.
President assented to the bills at the Jubilee House, the season of government in Accra on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
The first bill is Ghana’s Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, which removes the office of the Minister of National Security and restores the National Intelligence Bureau back to the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI).
The remaining four bills are the: University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Act, 2026, Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Act, 2026, and the Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Act, 2026.
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Mahama says the new Security and Intelligence Agencies Act abolishes the Office of the Minister of National Security, allowing the President to assign oversight of security agencies to any minister.
According to him, the law restores the name of the National Intelligence Bureau to its original designation, the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI), to eliminate confusion with the National Investment Bank.
