NEW DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF CSIR MEETS BRRI
The newly appointed Director General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Professor Paul Pinnock Bosu visited the Building and Road Research Institute on the 23rd of May, 2022.
Professor Paul Pinnock Bosu who took over from Professor Victor Kwame Agyeman and assumed office on the 1st of May 2022, met the Deputy Director, Dr. William Agyeman, and staff of BRRI as part of his tour to all the thirteen institutes of CSIR to share his vision and goals with the institutes.
Speaking to the staff of BRRI, He expressed his appreciation to staff for the support given during his tenure as Deputy Director General and asked for further support even as he serves as Director General. Prof. Bosu promised to lend himself to the vision and core mandates of CSIR in order to run its thirteen institutes effectively in accordance with the four major point strategic plan of CSIR which are;
- Private sector driven Research and Development, and Technological innovation.
- CSIR rebranding and visibility.
- Financing and resource mobilisation.
- CSIR staff and systems performance.
Significantly, the local and international image, and visibility of CSIR is key and the new Director General encouraged staff of BRRI and CSIR at large to be very circumspect and serious in their activities and researches as well as working hand in hand with him to build an image for CSIR to help sell the organisations services. He therefore encouraged the Director and staff of BRRI to build the internal energy and passion for what they do to cause positivity in their working environments.
Professor Paul Pinnock Bosu has a Bsc and Mphil in Biological sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He attained a Phd in Forest sciences (Entomology option) form the Northern Arizona University-USA. He has a post graduate certificate in Public Administration from the Ghana institute of management and public administration. He is a Chief research scientist and was a former Deputy Director of Forest research institute of the CSIR. He further served as the Deputy Director General of the CSIR from January 2019 to April 2022. He was Head of division and Editor in Chief for the Ghana journal of forestry. He is a member of the international advisory board of WASCAL and the deputy coordinator of the international union of forest research organization working party for diseases and pest of tropical forest. He is also executive member of the forest invasive species network for Africa. He served on a lot of committees in the Forest Research Institute for CSIR and also a member of the advisory committee of the National Biosafety Authority. He has produced a lot of research works, journals, reports, books and handbooks and has been involved in most international collaborations as well as winning most research awards locally and internationally.
The CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute (CSIR-BRRI) hosted the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021. As a committee with the oversight responsibility of agencies under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), there was the need to undertake this all-important visit in order to apprise members with the activities of CSIR Institutes so as to enable them both justify and defend the annual budget appropriations Council for Scientific and Industrial Research presents in Parliament.
In his introductory remark, the Deputy Director General of CSIR, Prof. Paul Pinnock Bosu, stated that the visit was to engage Management of the CSIR-BRRI to inspect the activities of the Institute, ascertain challenges facing the Institute, as well as opportunities available to the Institute whenever the need arose.
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On the 11thMay,2021, The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, visited the CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute. The visit was part of his tour to the various Institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to ascertain the activities of all thirteen Institutes as well as know how best the Ministry could help boost research and development activities.
After touring the Civil Engineering lab, Pozzolana factory and the Brick factory, Dr. Afriyie stated that, ‘Ghana is sitting on a Gold mine’. This was as a result of the expertise and professionals CSIR-BRRI and CSIR has as a whole. Due to this, he promised to make sure as the sector minister to get organizational linkages and partnerships with the CSIR-BRRI in order to boost production and commercialization activities.
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HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE, VISITS CSIR-BRRI
As a measure by the Ministry of Works and Housing to promote the use of local building products and materials in the country, the Minister of Works and Housing, Hon. Asenso-Boakye visited the CSIR- Building, and Road Research Institute on 5th May 2021. His visit was to inspect the Pozzolana and Brick factories owned by the Institute and see how best Government could help boost production of these factories to help the Institute produce in large commercial quantities to accomplish the dream of using local building materials.
In a discussion with the management of CSIR-BRRI, it was made clear that with an amount between two to four million dollars, the institute would be able to expand its Pozzolana factory to help boost production.
Furthermore, the use of Pozzolana in the Ghanaian economy would help reduce the cost of cement by thirty percent.
In this view, Hon, Asenso-Boakye promised that the Government would advocate for sponsorships and partnerships to help in the expansion of these factories. Products of the factories would be used to build and develop the Affordable housing projects, Schools, hospitals, drainage systems, and chip compounds.
The Chairman of the Governing Council of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Ghana (CSIR-Ghana) has presented the first-place award to the CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute for being the highest-earning Institute, as well as the most commercially oriented Institute for the year 2020 in the CSIR. The awards ceremony was held at the CSIR- Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) premises on 16th December, 2020. Other Institutes that received awards were the Oil Palm Research Institute, OPRI, (Second-place award), and the Crops Research Institute, CRI, (Third-place award).
The Director of CSIR-BRRI, Ing. Surv. Dr. Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi, further explained that the awards ceremony was initiated by the Governing Council to appreciate Institutes that had worked in accordance with CSIR’s Strategic Plan with respect to Commercialisation and contribution to the internally generated funds (IGF) for CSIR-Ghana.
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The Director of the Building and Road Research Institute dedicated two new Nissan Hardbody Pick-up's for the institute on 28th October, 2019.
As part of CSIR-BRRI's activities, it is incumbent on the institute as a government and research institution to undertake research into all aspects of building and road with respect to planning, design, construction and maintenance to assist the construction industry perform efficiently, safely and cost effectively. It was therefore necessary to acquire the two vehicles to augment the vehicle fleet for safe and efficient journeys, as well as research activities.
A senior research scientist at Building and Road Research Institute says the government must utilize low carbon concrete to reduce the impact of climate change. Dr. Mark Bediako says growing population and attendant demand for construction services gives rise to the emission of carbon dioxide.
