Govt rolls out guidelines for armoured bullion vehicles

December 4, 2025

The Ministry of the Interior has rolled out guidelines and standards for the importation, retrofitting, usage and decommissioning of armoured bullion vehicles (ABV) in Ghana.

The guidelines and standards cover, among others, the importation requirements and certification processes, operational and maintenance standards, procedures for inspection, testing, and compliance monitoring, personnel qualifications, specifications for retrofitting and modification, safe and proper decommissioning of the ABVs and recovery and redundancy strategy for contingency scenarios.

They (guidelines and standards) are to be enforced alongside the Standard Operating Procedures on ABVs by the Ghana Police Service and the Bank of Ghana.