About Us

Professor Francis Otoo was appointed the Ag. Director General of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority by His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama on 21 May 2025. Prof Otoo is a highly experienced academic researcher and consultant with over 18 years of professional experience in radiation protection or health physics, nuclear safety, and public health. He is renowned for contributions to national and international frameworks on radiation safety, policy formulation and capacity building. He has impactful leadership and collaboration with institutions like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), United Nations Committee on Scientific Effects and Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Piemonte, Ivrea (APRA Piemonte), and Fruili Venezia Guilia (ARPA-FVG), Udine, Italy and African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), South Africa. He is also a Health Physics Associate Professor at the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security at the School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana. He obtained his Ph.D. in Radiation Protection from the University of Ghana and ARPA-FVG, Udine, Italy in 2015, and is a member of the Health Physics Society, USA, International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), Leadership Committee Member, Young Generation Network, International Radiation Protection Association (YGN/IRPA), Ghana Nuclear Society (GNS), Research Scientist Association of Ghana (RSA), Ghana Science Association (GSA) and the President of the Elites Club of Aboadze. From 2019 – 2025, he was the Head of the Radon Laboratory and has been the Manager for the Radiation Protection Training and Consultancy Centre at the Radiation Protection Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission from 2022-2025. He is committed to advancing radiation safety and security for national development.

Prof. Francis Otoo,
Ag. Director- General, NRA

Professor Aba Andam is the President of Ghana Institute of Physics, a position she has occupied since September 2019. She is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics, the Ghana Institute of Physics, and the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences of which she was President from 2017-2018. She has held research and teaching appointments at universities and research institutions in UK, Italy, Germany, and Ghana. She has a Ph.D. in Cosmic Radiation Physics from the University of Durham in the UK and is the first recipient of the prestigious UNESCO Chair for Women in Science in Africa (West Africa Region). She has served as a member of the Commission on Physics and Development (C13) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 2018 to date, and member of the Committee on the proposed African Light Source from 2020 to date. She is Foundation Chairman, Council of University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana, (2012-2015); Foundation Chairman, Council of Koforidua Polytechnic, Ghana, (1997 – 2002); Member, Governing Board of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, (1997-2001, then 2002 -2008); Foundation Member of the First IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics and Leader of the Ghana Team of the IUPAP Conferences on Women in Physics to date. Prof. Aba Andam has served as a member of the National Council for Tertiary Education, and received awards from Obaa Mbo, a TV Programme, The Women of Excellence Award of the Ministry of Gender, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management of Ghana.

Prof. Aba Ayisa Bentil Andam, FGA, FInstP, FG,
NRA Board Chairperson 2019- Present