The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR said it will seek legal action over the encroachment of its Pokuase – Amasaman research site following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum against the government to seize ongoing encroachment activities.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the foremost national science and technology institution in Ghana
The mission of the CSIR is to become the force for accelerated social and economic development of Ghana through examining, exploring and creating Science and Technology catalysts for public and private wealth creation.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the foremost national science and technology institution in Ghana.
It is mandated to carry out scientific and technological research for national development.
The Council was established in its present form by NLC Decree 293 of 10th October, 1968 and re-established by CSIR Act 521 of 26th November, 1996.
The Council, however, traces its ancestry to the erstwhile National Research Council (NRC), which was established by the Research Act 21 of August, 1958, a little over a year after independence, to organize and co-ordinate scientific research in Ghana and provide the necessary platform for Ghana’s accelerated development.
The Council came into being on 14th February 1959 with a Governing Council, which was chaired by the President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, with Mr. F.E.V. Smith as its Executive Secretary and Mr. S.T. Quansah as Deputy Executive Secretary.
In 2019, the institute lost a portion of its 400-acre land to the government for the construction of an affordable housing project.
Speaking to Ahotor news, the chairman of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research CSIR unit Micheal Amo Gyasi said recent encroachment activities by a private developer said to have the backing of the state has compelled his outfit to consider legal means of securing the property.
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