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Kufuor receives
honour from African quantity surveyors
Accra, Aug. 22, Ghanadot/GNA – President John Agyekum Kufuor on
Thursday received the “Merit Award for Excellence”, an
honour he proudly shares with the legendary Nelson Mandela
of South Africa from the African Association of Quantity
Surveyors.
This is in recognition of his contribution towards the
development of Africa and especially his country.
Mr Joseph Segun Ajanlekoko, President of the Association,
led a delegation to the Castle, Osu, to decorate him with
the medal.
President Kufuor, they noted, stood tall among his peers in
the continent and was praised for his leadership that had
made Ghana a model of democracy and good governance, and
reference point to other African nations.
The executive members of the association are in the Accra
for their triennial conference to discuss ways of helping to
promote efficient management of Africa’s land asset.
President Kufuor used the occasion to counsel them to ensure
best practices to enable countries in the continent to get
value for money in the award of building contracts.
He said there were a lot of construction works taking place
in Africa and asked the quantity surveyors to resist the
temptation of seeking favours in their bid to secure
consultancy services.
This way they would be helping the continent to build with
efficiency and at justifiable cost.
President Kufuor spoke of the determination of the
government to speed up the passage of the Ghana Survey
Council Bill now before cabinet.
The association, Mr Ajanlekoko said, would do everything to
make quantity surveying practice in Africa conform to world
standards.
He appealed to President Kufuor to put in a word for the
association to gain African Union (AU) observer status.
GNA
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