• The Vice President, Mr Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur (right), Ing. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie – 45th President of GhIE (middle), and an official at the investiture ceremony.

‘Engineering key to success of Sada, national development’

Daily Graphic Apr - 24 - 2015 , 05:05

The new President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Mr Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, has stated that engineering is key to the success of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and the National Strategic Infrastructure Development Programme.

Mr Quarshie, who is the 45th President of the GhIE, said this at the investiture of the new leadership of the institution in Accra recently.

He said members of the GhIE believed that one of the key drivers of the SADA effort at alleviating poverty, empowering Ghanaians and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was to apply engineering expertise to spearhead an integrated, sustainable and rapid infrastructure development.

“The SADA region is virgin and prime. We, as a people, must have a national agenda and orientation not only to provide infrastructure but also develop the human resource base and our human development index,” Mr Quarshie said.

He indicated that other thematic area