President of the Ghana Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dr.
Pet-Paul Wepeba, says the decision to fly DNA samples from victims of Wednesday's military helicopter crash to South Africa was due to Ghana's lack of advanced forensic logistics, not a shortage of skilled personnel.
Speaking on Newsfile on Joy FM, Dr.
Wepeba explained that while Ghana has the human resource and technical expertise to carry out complex DNA analysis, the country has not invested in the necessary infrastructure and equipment to handle high-intensity forensic work within tight timelines. "We have the human resource, but we don't have the capacity," he said. "They [SA] have certain genetic analysers which could have been used to do this.
