Friday, September 257 2024, Techiman
The President of the Ghana Institute of Planning (GIP) inaugurated the Techiman Zone of the Institute on Thursday, September 27, 2024. The event took place at the Conference Room of the Bono East Regional Coordinating Council (BERCC) in Techiman, Bono East Region.
At the occasion, the new Zone elected Executives to steer its affairs for the next two years.
The Executives are are Pln. Thomas Azure Atibila as Chairman; Pln. Seudi Abdul-Razak Tika as the Vice Chairperson. Pln. Abdul-Aziz Touibu became Secretary and Pln. Abdulai Ibrahim Alhassan as the Organizer.
At the meeting, the Zone also went through the draft Professional Welfare Policy of the Institute.
In attendance were the Honorary Secretary, of the Institute, Pln. Ken Ketor, Pln. Christian Addai Manu, the Regional Director of Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA); and Pln. Kwasi Mintah Owusu, the Chief Planning Officer of Techiman Municipal Assembly.
Prior to the occasion, the team paid courtesy call on the Honourable Regional Minister, Mr. Kwasi Adu-Gyan. He expressed his excitement about the inauguration of the Techiman Zone. Hon. Adu-Gyan mentioned that Physical Planners behaved as if they were independent of the Assembly and poor settlement planning. He opined that if proper integrated planning was effective at the local level, most the national problems would be minimized.
