The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) will spend one million cedis of its internally-generated funds to support other underfunded agencies under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng revealed this at his recent Meet-The-Press series in Accra.
The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) was directed by the Finance Ministry in 2016 to surrender 15% of its internally generated funds, to the supervising ministry.
[contextly_sidebar id=”7f374wm0wl1qcFK26jBd2mvkoO9uvcGm”]Speaking at the meet-the-press series on Monday, Professor Frimpong Boateng said the EPA makes more money than other agencies under the ministry hence the decision.
“Nuclear Regulatory Authority is poor, the only agency that is a little bit well-endowed and they are mandated to pay one million cedis to the headquarter. I think this is an act of righteousness,” he said.
He added that the one million dollars cedis would help the underfunded agencies perform their duties efficiently.
Some of the underfunded agencies he mentioned included the Nuclear Regulatory Authority and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The EPA no longer depends on government subvention says the continuous payment of the money is hindering its operations.
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By: Farida Yusif/citinewrooms.com/Ghana