Government has announced plans to train more than 2,000 scientists to develop local expertise and support Ghana’s transition to safe and reliable nuclear power.
The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, announced this while presenting the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
He said Ghana’s nuclear readiness programme forms part of efforts to secure a new source of baseload power to meet the country’s future energy needs.
Dr Forson recalled that more than 60 years ago, Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, invested in the Akosombo Dam to provide the country with a major source of baseload electricity for future generations.
He said the current generation has a responsibility to demonstrate similar foresight and courage by investing in nuclear energy.
According to him, although plans to develop a nuclear power plant have been discussed for several years, the time has come to translate the ambition into action.
The Finance Minister reaffirmed government’s commitment to developing nuclear power as an additional source of baseload electricity to strengthen the country’s energy security and secure its future power needs.
