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CSIR launches 5-year development plan
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched a 5-year strategic plan which will serve as a guideline for its operations.
According to Director-General of CSIR-Ghana, Professor Paul P. Bosu, the strategic plan which was launched last week Thursday at its head office in Accra was developed based on four key drivers.
The four key drivers Prof Bosu noted were financial resource mobilization, staff and system performance improvement, re-branding and visibility improvement, private sector Research and Development (R and D), and technological innovation.
Additionally, he said the aforementioned four key drivers which formed the basis for the development of the strategic plan had four different objectives which are to develop and transfer at least three industry-driven technologies per institute per year, and to generate at least 30% of annual recurrent expenditure by 2027 through the attraction of funding.
The other objectives of the strategic plan are to ensure positive visibility of CSIR through weekly branding in the print and electronic media, enjoy significant goodwill from identifier stakeholders, and get 80% of the workforce to be passionate, result-oriented, and positive and ethically minded enough to pursue the vision of CSIR.
Prof Bosu further asserted that aside from the objectives, the five-year strategic plan had various targets which the CSIR was determined to meet through hard work and dedication.
Some of the set targets he outlined were the operationalization of 130 private-public partnership arrangements, addressing 52 stakeholder interests annually, distribution of 140 different types of promotional materials to at least 375 stakeholders, and the publication of 280 feature articles.
Others include the development, validation, and adoption of 195 industry-relevant technologies by industries, the publication of 195 scientific papers, the training of 500 staff in specialised areas to drive technology development, attraction of USD 306.37 M from submission of winning proposals, and the benefit from more attractive incentives, loans and award schemes by at least 1780 staff.
In terms of monitoring and evaluation, the Director-General asserted that the four key drivers which formed the basis for the development of the strategic plan would be measured through various performance indicators such as the number of industry-driven technologies developed, and feature articles published.
According to Prof Bosu, the grand total budget for the strategic plan was ₵22,237,534.80, adding that a Strategic Plan Auditing Team (SPAT) responsible for auditing the operations of the Strategic Plan Implementation and Coordinating Committee (SPICC) and Institute Strategic Plan Implementation Committee (ISPIC) would be established.
Both the SPICC and ISPIC that would be established under the corporate CSIR and at all 13 institutes, Prof Bosu said would be made up of seven members and would be mandated to manage and drive the implementation of all aspects of the strategic plan, and to drive the internal implementation of institute strategic plans.
Prof Bosu, in a brief remark, charged the members of the Council to “have the mindset of a private organisation to ensure that the strategic plan is successfully implemented to achieve its set targets and objectives”.
Copies of the five-strategic plan were presented to the Council members of the CSIR after its launch for their perusal.
BY BENEDICTA GYIMAAH FOLLEY
Former Awutu Senya East Member of Parliament, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been elected the National Women’s Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
She secured 738 votes to defeat her main contender, Mohammed Safia, who polled 429 votes in the election held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The election formed part of the NPP’s National Delegates Conference, which brought together delegates from across the country to elect new national executives for the party.
The conference was characterised by a colourful display of the NPP’s red, white and blue colours, with party supporters and delegates filling the stadium ahead of the various elections.
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was among the prominent personalities who attended the delegates conference ahead of the elections.
Following the declaration of the results, Hawa Koomson moved around the stadium with some of her supporters, thanking delegates for voting for her and expressing confidence in her ability to lead the party’s women’s wing.
Speaking after her victory, Hawa Koomson said she would bring her experience and maturity to the position and work to strengthen the party’s women’s structures.
She indicated that she would work with her former contender, Mohammed Safia, despite the competition between them during the election.
“We are all NPP members and we are going to work together for victory,” she said.
According to her, her immediate task would be to unite the women of the party and mobilise them to contribute effectively to the NPP’s activities at the grassroots and national levels.
She called for greater support and solidarity among women, and recounted an experience in which she said another woman helped save her life after she was attacked.
Using the experience, Mrs Koomson urged women to have one another’s backs, stressing that women should be ready to support and defend each other.
The former MP spoke about her political journey and her return to a national leadership position after losing the Awutu Senya East parliamentary seat.
She said she had never regarded her political journey as a failure and was proud to have reached the national level to serve the party.
Mrs Koomson said her decision to contest the National Women’s Organiser position was driven by her desire to continue contributing to the NPP and use her experience to support the party.
Hawa Koomson explained the need for women to protect themselves, including the use of pepper spray as a means of self-defence when faced with danger.
She encouraged women to support and defend one another, drawing from her own experience of being attacked and helped by another woman who intervened to save her.
As National Women’s Organiser, she will be responsible for coordinating and mobilising women across the party, strengthening the women’s wing at the constituency and regional levels, and increasing their participation in party activities.
She is expected to work closely with the newly elected national executives to strengthen the party’s structures and prepare its women’s wing for the party’s future political activities.
Mrs Koomson thanked the delegates for the confidence they had placed in her and pledged to work with members of the party as she begins her new role.
By: Jacob Aggrey
John Boadu has been elected as the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the party’s National Delegates Conference held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Boadu secured a decisive victory with 2,888 votes, beating his closest contender Boakye Agyarko who polled 2,408 votes.
Former Chairman Paul Afoko garnered 790 votes, while Sammy Crabbe managed 41 votes.
The victory marks a major political comeback for John Boadu, who previously served as the party’s General Secretary.
Ahead of the elections, Sammy Crabbe had reportedly pulled out of the race to form an alliance with John Boadu, a move that appears to have strengthened Boadu’s numbers on the day.
The keenly contested chairmanship race was a highlight of the 2026 National Executives Election, which drew thousands of delegates from across the country to Kumasi.
Boadu is expected to lead the party’s reorganization efforts ahead of the 2028 general elections.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
