Surveyors urge parliament to expedite action on bill
By Kofi AHOVI
The Ghana Institute of Surveyor has urged parliamentarians to expedite action on the passage of the Survey Council Bill.
The bill, which was submitted to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, was forwarded to Parliament, but nothing has been heard of it.
The Survey Council Bill is intended to regulate and monitor the practice of surveying professionals and firms in Ghana.
The passage of the bill would also ensure that foreign firms that wish to practise in Ghana would first have to register in the country.
This is to foster professional streamlining, technology transfer and technological enhancement.
According to the president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), Osei Asante, the absence of an elaborate legal framework to regulate the practice has created room for unqualified persons to pose as surveyors and thereby creating undesirable consequences, such as land disputes, poor land use planning and inaccurate valuations.
“With the present lacuna, GhIS cannot regulate and sanction any non-professional who decides to ply his or her trade as a surveyor,” Asante lamented.
In a related development, the institution held its fifth surveyors’ week under the theme “Surveyor: Partner in National Development.”
By Kofi AHOVI
The Ghana Institute of Surveyor has urged parliamentarians to expedite action on the passage of the Survey Council Bill.
The bill, which was submitted to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, was forwarded to Parliament, but nothing has been heard of it.
The Survey Council Bill is intended to regulate and monitor the practice of surveying professionals and firms in Ghana.
The passage of the bill would also ensure that foreign firms that wish to practise in Ghana would first have to register in the country.
This is to foster professional streamlining, technology transfer and technological enhancement.
According to the president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), Osei Asante, the absence of an elaborate legal framework to regulate the practice has created room for unqualified persons to pose as surveyors and thereby creating undesirable consequences, such as land disputes, poor land use planning and inaccurate valuations.
“With the present lacuna, GhIS cannot regulate and sanction any non-professional who decides to ply his or her trade as a surveyor,” Asante lamented.
In a related development, the institution held its fifth surveyors’ week under the theme “Surveyor: Partner in National Development.”
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