Successive gov’ts have abandoned CSIR, Atomic Energy Institutions – Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has accused successive governments of neglecting the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission and other key research institutions.

He said the neglect of CSIR and other research institutions in Ghana is a profound misunderstanding of the role of science in national development Rresearch institutions that should be at the forefront of developing solutions to the country’s socio-economic challenges had instead been left to struggle for survival under inadequate state funding, he lamented.

The former minister warned that failure to adequately support research institutions would continue to fuel brain drain, weaken Ghana’s innovation ecosystem and limit the country’s ability to achieve sustainable economic transformation.