The Ministry for the Interior has deployed armoured buses disguised as commercial vehicles in the form of VIP, STC and OA buses, as part of efforts to track and arrest highway robbers operating on major roads across the country, the sector Minister, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has disclosed.
Speaking at a town hall meeting at Damongo in the Savannah Region on Saturday [May 23, 2026], the Interior Minister stated: “We have acquired armoured buses, and these armoured buses have been doing a wonderful thing on most of our long stretch roads because we keep branding them differently.”
“Today we brand them as STC, the next day we brand them as VIP, another day we brand them as OA, just to make sure that we get the perpetrators,” he added.
Mr Mubarak said the operation had already led to the arrest of a number of suspected highway robbers through the work of the Inspector General of Police and his team.
He said the move was part of an intervention being rolled out to help improve security on highways and protect travellers.
Highway robbery has remained a concern in Ghana for many commuters, especially on isolated roads at night.
Dubbed “Resetting Ghana,” the town hall meeting also offered the Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, the opportunity to talk about the roads sector and said poor road conditions was linked to highway robbery attacks.
Mr Agbodza also spoke about delays affecting some road projects under the government’s Big Push programme.
He said contractors working on the Wa to Wiawso corridor, which passes through parts of the Savannah Region, were among the lowest performing contractors under the programme.
He urged contractors who had abandoned projects to return to site and continue work.
The townhall meeting formed part of President Mahama’s nationwide “Resetting Ghana” tour aimed at engaging citizens on government policies and development plans.
During the programme, the Savannah Regional House of Chiefs, through its Registrar, Mr S. A. Issah, presented concerns affecting the region on behalf of the Yagbonwura, Bii Kunuto Jewu Soale I.
The concerns included water problems in Damongo, bad road conditions, the delayed regional hospital project, the creation of more districts, the establishment of a university and the recruitment of Gonja language teachers.
President Mahama said preparatory work for the Damongo water project had been completed and that the project had entered the procurement stage.
According to him, the project will draw water from Yapei and supply communities including Busunya, Damongo, Larabanga and surrounding areas.
The President also announced plans for a science and technology university in the Savannah Region.
He said China had provided a US$30 million grant towards the project, while an additional US$100 million funding request had been submitted to the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa.
President Mahama further stated that the Savannah Region would receive a 300 bed regional referral hospital equipped with MRI, CT scan and X ray facilities.
Source: graphic.con.gh
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