President on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills, including three amendment bills passed by Parliament, into law.
They are:
I. i). Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025;
II. ii). University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025;
III. iii). Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025;
IV. iv). Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and
V. v). Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to its original name, Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI). This, the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another university in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses — the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, the second campus to be sited at Ohawu in the Oti Region, and the third located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said:
“As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke on the passage of the Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that it amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions, including the option to obtain a charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions. It expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
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