The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, is advocating for commercialisation of research outputs of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
According to him, commercialising these researches would serve as internal generated source of funding for these research institutions. "So commercialisation is good, we are not commercialising the research institutions, we are seeking to commercialise the output of their researches," he said.
The Minister advocated this when he paid a working visit to the CSIR yesterday in Accra.
Visiting the Food Research Institute, he recommended government through the 'School Feeding Programme' to supply some food items of the institute to help them generate funds.
