Accra, Aug. 2, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday opened the first ever Ghana Science Congress, in Accra, with a call on stakeholders to make the work of scientists easier by safeguarding the environment and being conscious of sanitation.
He said Ghanaians would have to build a Better Ghana and gave government’s assurance to lend maximum support to science development and the activities of Ghanaian scientists.
“While our scientists continue to research and contribute their quota to building a Better Ghana, it is incumbent on all of us to also make the work of our scientists much easier by being alive to our responsibilities of safeguarding the environment as well as being sanitation conscious,” President Mills said.
The four-day congress, on the theme: “Water, Sanitation and the Environment - Securing our Future through Science,” is being attended by scientists, research scientists, academicians, industrialists and students.
There are also representatives from sister science organisations from Africa and the United Kingdom.
The congress would enable participants to take stock of how far the nation has come in creating the conditions for building a crucial and technological capacity for the development of science, technology and innovations.
President Mills noted that science had always shaped and determined the advancement of mankind, and it would continue to be extremely pivotal as more innovative ways were searched for in building a Better Ghana and a better world.
“We have no option but to commit ourselves to building a strong national scientific and technological capacity,” President Mills said.
He said such efforts required that the relationship between Science, Technology and Innovation must be fully appreciated.
President Mills noted that the nation was facing challenges of sanitation as well as managing the environment, but his administration was determined to overcome the challenges of water supply, sanitation and the environment.
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