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WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR THE MINISTRY The Honorable Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has disclosed that the Ministry has some priority infrastructure projects which would need Private Partnerships to accomplish because they are capital intensive. He said the priority areas of the Ministry are affordable housing projects, construction of […]

GOVERNMENT WILL SOLVE FLOOD SITUATION – MINISTER The Minister of Works and Housing, Honorable Samuel Atta Akyea, has assured Ghanaians of Government’s commitment to solve the perennial flooding in the country. He said, government is considering raising bonds or putting in place a serious financial plan to repair broken bridges among other defective structural works

GOVERNMENT TO TACKLE FLOODING IN ACCRA   The Honorable Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has assured Ghanaians that the Government will do all it can to end the vicious cycle of rain induced flooding in Accra. He said to bring an end to this cycle, the President has allocated an amount of

GHANA JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION TO BUILD MEDIA VILLAGE FOR JOURNALISTS The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Koans Estate Limited, a leading Real Estate developer to build 100 housing units for journalists across the country. The move is aimed at improving the living conditions of journalists by providing them with decent

ENGINEERS URGED TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE WORKS – MINISTER The Honorable Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged engineering practitioners in Ghana to work together to bring all classes of engineering practitioners together to improve engineering works in the country. He said working together will provide the necessary ethical and moral

VICE PRESIDENT COMMISSIONS NAVAL BARRACKS The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, commissioned the newly- constructed Naval Barracks at the Eastern Naval Command, Tema, for the gallant service men and women who have been working tirelessly to secure the peace and safety of the country. The barracks is the Phase two of the Security Services

DEVELOP NEW WAYS OF WIPING OUT HOUSING DEFICIT – MINISTER The Honorable Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged Shimizu Corporation of Japan to bring out technological ideas that will help reduce Ghana’s housing deficit within a shortest time frame. The Minister was speaking at the Shimizu Open Academy Seminar at the

DEPUTY MINISTER LAUNCHES PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN HANDBOOK FOR ARCHITECTS The Honorable Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Freda Prempeh has launched the maiden Professional Practice Handbook for Architects at the Architects Registration Council (ARC) in Accra. The handbook is to guide all qualified persons through practical training to registration as Registered Architects under the Architects

GHANA PROPERTY AWARDS HELD The Property Express Group, in collaboration with the Ministry of Works and Housing has held the 2017 Property Awards at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra. The awards, which was on the theme, ‘Exploiting Data to bond Bricks and Mortar Trading, marked the 10th Anniversary of the event and brought

INDUCTION OF NEW ARCHITECTS The Architects Registration Council of Ghana (ARC), held its 17th induction ceremony where for 42 newly qualified Architects at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences were inducted. Speaking on the theme, ‘Architecture the Critical Tool for Development’, the Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Hon. Eugene Boakye Antwi, said architecture