Fumesua, July 22, GNA – The Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Tuesday inaugurated its reconstituted management board to handle the affairs of the institute for three years. The seven-member board has Mr Edward Nsenkyire as chairman, Dr. Mrs. Entsua Mensah, Deputy Director General and Dr Victor Agyemang, Institute Director. The rest are Dr. Bennet Lartey, cognate Director, Prof. Nii Ashie-Kotey, representing Public Sector Agency, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong and Mr Boateng Poku who both represent the private sector.
Prof. Emmanuel Owusu-Bennoah, Director General of the CSIR, appealed to the board members to work assiduously to bring their varied experiences to bear on the activities of FORIG. “You should work to harness the diversity within the country to achieve national development objectives such as food security, poverty alleviation, improved livelihood and economic growth through technology generation”, he said. Prof. Emmanuel Owusu-Bennoah reminded the new board that among the terms of reference of their work was to examine the relationship between FORIG and other CSIR institutes to ensure that their research efforts were complementary and not duplicative. Mr Nsenkyire gave the assurance that the new board would step up efforts to identify and promote activities which could readily be commercialized with quick turnover. This, he said, would help them to overcome problems facing the institute such as late releases of subventions, lack of incentives and adequate resources for post-graduate training and regular research activities.
Source: GhanaWeb
