Officials from the Liberian Standards Authority (LiSA), who were undertaking a study tour at the GSA in the past week, ended their tour on Friday, November 28, 2025.
During their stay at the Authority, they toured various departments and laboratories and interacted with staff to study the operations of the Authority and take lessons back to their country to apply them.
During a short ceremony to end their tour, the LiSA officials expressed their gratitude to GSA for the warm reception, stating that it was an eye-opener and they will be going back with valuable lessons to improve their institution.
“Thank you so much for the warm reception. Since we came here, we have had a practical feel of how a standards body works. Prior to us coming to Ghana, we heard that GSA was the best in the sub-region and coming here has really confirmed it. We have been very impressed with your processes, equipment, among other things,” Mr. Melvin A. Tokpah, Chief Technical Officer at LiSA noted.
He further appealed to GSA to help its neighbouring countries to harmonise and improve to enable the ECOWAS region to move forward.
Prof. George Agyei, Director-General (DG) of GSA, for his part, said the GSA was very happy to host their Liberian counterparts and that the tour will re-energise the agenda of standardisation within the West African sub-region.
“Looking at the regional blocs in Africa, West Africa hasn’t taken standardisation seriously and we are lagging. ECOWAS can’t be successful if we don’t harmonise our standards and trade amongst ourselves. Such trainings and partnership will go a long way to strengthen our standardisation agenda and will help us develop,” Prof. Agyei added.
The Director of Standards, Madam Alice Donya, in a brief remark, wished the LiSA delegation well and stated that the GSA stands ready to assist them should they need any help.
The tour formed part of a collaboration instituted by the EU and UNIDO to provide hands-on training in testing, standards development, inspection, and certification and enhance the operational capacity of LiSA staff and enable the institution to deliver more effective services, in support of Liberia’s national quality infrastructure.