Cabinet has approved a national space policy that will provide a framework for the use of space science and technology for sustainable development. In line with that, the policy will coordinate how ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) access and consume space data. The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Kwaku Afriyie, who […]
The government is not footing the travel bills of the 350 delegates attending the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Egypt. Mrs Cynthia Asare Bediako, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MESTI), told the Ghana News Agency that majority of the delegation, consisting […]
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie says it was time the nation severely punished individuals who fill wetlands or Ramsar sites and erect structures on them. The phenomenon, he said, resulted in flooding and other negative social repercussions and called on the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, which […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the thrust of his Government’s policy towards national development rests on ensuring that science, technology and innovation drive all sectors of the economy. In order to achieve this objective, President Akufo-Addo explained that sectoral policies, programmes and strategies are being implemented on the basis of the overall National […]
