ENGINEERS ASKED TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE ONE-DISTRICT, ONE-FACTORY POLICY

By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe

The President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Ghana, Emmanuel Kwesi Boadu has entreated inducted engineers of the institute to participate professionally to help in the implementation of the ‘One-District, One-Factory’ policy.

According to him, this would boost the government’s policy and transform the economy to suit the present generation.

Mr. Boadu made the appeal at the induction ceremony in Accra on Thursday.

Mrs Eva Bannerman Williams, a Circuit Judge inducted 80 new members into the engineering professional body.

Mr Boadu indicated that inductees should abide by ethics of the profession to promote the welfare and integrity of the engineering constitution.

“You shouldn’t compromise in supervising shoddy works which would tarnish the image of the institution and yourselves,” he stressed.

Mr Boadu urged them to be transparent and practice their profession devoid of unprofessional conduct.

However, he appealed to the government to allocate 20-30 percent of the districts selected to the Ghanaian Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers to enable them to use their skills in transferring their acquired technology to the citizenry.

Rev. Dr. Eric Ankrah, the Immediate Past President of IET, advised the inducted engineers to be innovative and put into practice their entrepreneurial ideas acquired.

“Tap into your knowledge and come out with innovative ideas that would transform the economy in a good direction,” he advised.

He bemoaned the rate at which engineers were not being creative compelling some Ghanaians to lose trust in local engineers thus making them lose big contracts to foreigners.

Rev. Ankrah challenged engineers to take full advantage of the ‘One-District, One-Factory’ flagship policy of the government to show to Ghanaians how skillful, innovative and creative they are.