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By Kofi Ahovi
The Architects Registration Council has called on the government through the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment to financially support the council to organize annual training workshops and education courses for both old and new building inspectors working with District Assemblies.
The training workshop is to enable the building inspectors to be abreast with the reforms in the sector.
The council, which has already organized one of such workshops, stated that it was imperative to extend the exercise to the regional and district level to enable a wider coverage of participants.
The council expressed worry over the emergence of unauthorized structures on the principal street of Accra and other municipal assemblies in the country, adding that the situation if not controlled would hamper the development efforts of the nation
The registrar of the council, Prof. Ralph Mills-Tettey, who made the call at the ARC’s 8th annual induction ceremony in Accra, last week, observed that though the planning and local government authorities lack the both the human and material resources required to control the situation, the training workshop would enable the building inspectors face some of these challenges.
He reminded architects, particularly the inductees, city managers and the general populace of the need to seriously work towards safeguarding the nation’s cities and towns.
Prof. Mills-Tettey advised the inductees to be truthful, trustworthy and reliable and should avoid unhealthy practices that would damage their reputation and that of the council as well.
The president of the Association of Ghana industries, (AGI), Tony Oteng-Gyasi, advised the architects market themselves well to attract more services from the general public.
He also challenged them to take up volunteering activities at the district levels to help develop these areas.
The minister of state at the Ministry of Water Resources, Work and Housing, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, observed that the constructions industry professionals should endeavour to ensure lower cost of construction through their painstaking design, choice and use of good alternative materials.
She also assured the council of the ministry’s support for the betterment of the nation.
By Kofi Ahovi
The Architects Registration Council has called on the government through the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment to financially support the council to organize annual training workshops and education courses for both old and new building inspectors working with District Assemblies.
The training workshop is to enable the building inspectors to be abreast with the reforms in the sector.
The council, which has already organized one of such workshops, stated that it was imperative to extend the exercise to the regional and district level to enable a wider coverage of participants.
The council expressed worry over the emergence of unauthorized structures on the principal street of Accra and other municipal assemblies in the country, adding that the situation if not controlled would hamper the development efforts of the nation
The registrar of the council, Prof. Ralph Mills-Tettey, who made the call at the ARC’s 8th annual induction ceremony in Accra, last week, observed that though the planning and local government authorities lack the both the human and material resources required to control the situation, the training workshop would enable the building inspectors face some of these challenges.
He reminded architects, particularly the inductees, city managers and the general populace of the need to seriously work towards safeguarding the nation’s cities and towns.
Prof. Mills-Tettey advised the inductees to be truthful, trustworthy and reliable and should avoid unhealthy practices that would damage their reputation and that of the council as well.
The president of the Association of Ghana industries, (AGI), Tony Oteng-Gyasi, advised the architects market themselves well to attract more services from the general public.
He also challenged them to take up volunteering activities at the district levels to help develop these areas.
The minister of state at the Ministry of Water Resources, Work and Housing, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, observed that the constructions industry professionals should endeavour to ensure lower cost of construction through their painstaking design, choice and use of good alternative materials.
She also assured the council of the ministry’s support for the betterment of the nation.
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