GII schools stakeholders on land, urban corruption modules 

Michael Okai, the GII Project Coordinator, spoke to the media.

Last week, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) held a workshop. This event focused on Land Urban Corruption Modules. It took place at the Amonoo-Neizer Conference Center at KNUST in Kumasi.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness among 100 participants. They learned about the causes and effects of land and urban corruption. Participants also received tools to identify and combat corrupt practices.

Land and urban corruption hinder development and governance in Africa. It marginalizes vulnerable communities and threatens land tenure security.

To tackle this issue, TI and GII created a training module. This is part of the Land and Corruption in Africa (LCA) II project. The module provides knowledge and strategies for professionals to counteract corruption.

Prof. Rudith King facilitated the program. She is a lecturer at KNUST's Centre for Settlements Studies. She highlighted the uncontrolled growth of towns without proper land management.

Prof. King emphasized the need for stakeholder engagement in planning. Cities like Nsawam, Aburi, Kasoa, and Accra are becoming indistinguishable due to poor planning.

She stressed that settlement planning involves many interest groups, not just one. Effective planning requires collaboration among all stakeholders.

Mr. Michael Henchard Okai from GII noted issues caused by poor planning. He mentioned accidents like flooding and building collapses as consequences of disjointed efforts.

He called for more stakeholder engagements to improve coordination in planning processes.