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JH Mensah
objects to Ghana Telecom building plan
for Sunyani
Sunyani, June 2, Ghanadot/GNA –
Mr. J.H. Mensah, Chairman of the National Planning
Commission, at the weekend appealed to the Sunyani Municipal
Assembly to suspend immediately the building permit granted
to Ghana Telecom to construct a one-storey building in
Sunyani to serve as the company’s customer service centre.
He appealed to the management of Ghana Telecom to dialogue
with the Sunyani Traditional Council to decide the type of
building to be put up that would befit the status of the
regional capital.
Mr. Mensah, who is the MP for Sunyani East, was interacting
with newsmen on pertinent issues in Sunyani.
He said even though the company had the land from the
traditional council free of charge some years ago and its
decision to put up the building was part of its corporate
responsibility, “there is the need for Ghana Telecom to get
in touch with both the traditional council and the municipal
planning authority before putting up any settlement.”
“Ownership does not confer absolute usage”, Mr. Mensah said
and that “failure in proper town planning is responsible for
a lot of misery in the country”.
He said considering the rapid transformation, more
especially in economic activities, and for the fact that the
land is sited at the centre of the regional capital, there
was the need to ensure and promote suitable financial base
in the municipality.
Mr. Mensah said the country had a bright future and
expressed the importance to concentrate on issues that would
facilitate the pace of accelerated national development.
The Sunyani Traditional Council held a press conference on
May 12 and raised objection about a proposed construction of
a single storey building by Ghana Telecom in Sunyani to
serve as its customer service centre.
The council said the plan of the building would deface the
beauty of the town and also impede economic activities.
It therefore advised GT to reverse its decision and put up
not less than a four-storey building considering the
location of the land.
Ghana Telecom has started razing down the old building to
construct the proposed single storey building.
GNA
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