<< Back             Poser >> Ghana requires over 1,000 additional physical planners for effective development planning – Prof Mensah Education Professor Lord Mensah, the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) Professor Lord Mensah, the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS), says inadequate personnel remain a major challenge confronting the Physical Planning Departments of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).   He said that: “Under staffing has been a problem”, saying that the country required about 1,200 Physical Planners for effective national development planning.   Prof Mensah raised the concern in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the closing session of the third Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Local Government Service Association of Physical Planners (LoGSAPP) in Kumasi.   The two-day conference was on the theme: “Strengthening spatial planning for disaster risk prevention, reduction, climate change resilience and sustainable infrastructure delivery in Ghana”.   Prof Mensah said: “Physical planning is a technical area needed most in the LGS for national development planning”.   However, he added that the present staff strength of the physical planners at the various MMDAs remained woefully inadequate, saying that: “We are waiting for financial clearance for recruitment”.   Prof Mensah emphasised that some of the MMDAs, especially the Savannah Region, did not have even a physical planner, adding that: “In some cases you can get only one”.   He questioned “How can one physical planner ensure there is effective planning across about 270 communities within an Assembly. This is overwhelming and so we need to employ more”.   The conference was attended by government officials, state institutions, real estate developers, MMDAs, students, land management actors, among other stakeholders.   Source: GNA Ghana Business News	SPECIAL REPORT: Beyond tuition, extra school charges deepen financial strain on Nigerian parents From Abuja to Lagos, Kaduna, Katsina and Benue, parents described additional bills for graduation ceremonies, textbooks, costumes, feeding, extra lessons, photographs, parties and other activities. Bank of Ghana woos Asian investors with lower inflation, improved credit rating The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged Asian investors to take advantage of Ghana’s easing inflation, improved debt sustainability and upgraded sovereign credit rating to explore investment opportunities in the country. Access Holdings’ nine-month profit dips 6% as cost of funds erodes earnings Gross earnings rose by 2.3 per cent to N4 trillion for the financial services group, which also has operations in pensions, payments and insurance brokerage, and also operates in 24 countries, serving over 63 million customers. Ghana recovers over GH¢18b from audit recommendations within four years – Auditor-General Dr Pamela Graham, the Auditor-General, says the country recovered over GH¢18 billion through the implementation of recommendations contained in audit reports from 2022 to date, as reflected in the Ministry of Finance's 2024 Consolidated Budget Annual Report. LifeTrac Tech, GRATIS Foundation unveil locally assembled tractor to boost farm mechanisation LifeTrac Tech Limited and GRATIS Foundation have unveiled the LifeTrac 6G tractor prototype, a locally fabricated machine aimed at improving agricultural mechanisation and strengthening Ghana’s capacity to manufacture and maintain its own farm equipment. The tractor was launched at the GRATIS Foundation Technology Solution Centre in Tema, following a partnership between the two institutions to […] Ghana requires over 1,000 additional physical planners for effective development planning – Prof Mensah Professor Lord Mensah, the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) says inadequate personnel remain a major challenge confronting the Physical Planning Departments of the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs).