AUDIENCE GRANTED BY THE MINISTER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO IAEA PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICER FOR CAMEROON
On Friday August 22, 2025, the Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE granted an audience to Mr. ANYANWU CHUKWU Macline, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Project Management Officer for Cameroon. The meeting was also attended by close collaborators of the Minister, amongst which the Director General of the Radiological Safety and Nuclear Security Authority (ASRAN), Dr SIMO Augustin and the Permanent Secretary of the National Technology Development Committee (CNDT), Dr ELE ABIAMA Patrice.
During the audience, the Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation saluted the excellent cooperation ties existing between IAEA and the government of Cameroon, which led to the creation of ASRAN. She equally expressed satisfaction with the numerous projects being carried out in Cameroon by IAEA notably the creation of a Radiotherapy Centre in Douala which is a fruit of the Cameroon-IAEA cooperation, hoping that such Centres be created in the other regions of the country. She also made mention of the fact that the government of Cameroon through the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation has been attending all IAEA annual meetings in Vienna, Austria.
The IAEA official on his part expressed the readiness of his Institution to collaborate with the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation. Ever since his appointment last year as the IAEA Programme Management Officer for Cameroon, many successes have been recorded. He has visited the Douala General hospital to inspect the Radiotherapy Centre he also paid a working visit to the Yaounde General Hospital, HYDRAC, LANAVET and IRAD amongst other to identify the challenges which can be addressed by IAEA. He disclosed that Cameroon possesses a lot of potentials and therefore proposed that during future IAEA meetings, the Government should send an advance team to meet with top IAEA officials before the main event. This will facilitate signing of numerous accords and partnership agreement. The IAEA official indicated that he intends to continue consultation meetings with other Members of Government before setting up a meeting with potential donors. The audience ended in a friendly atmosphere with an exchange of pleasantries and family photographs.
