{"id":175678,"date":"2024-04-26T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:41:54","slug":"government-launches-benchh-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Government Launches BENCHH 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dr. Prince Hamid Armah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GOVERNMENT is set to host the maiden edition of the Built Environment National Conference on\u00a0Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH) 2024, the Ministry of Works and Housing (MoWH) has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to take place from May 27 to 29, 2024 under the theme \u201cEnhancing Collaboration to tackle Ghana\u2019s Housing and Hydrology Challenges,\u201d the conference is aimed at establishing a comprehensive platform to engage with the wider public, especially stakeholders within the built environment, while showcasing the strides made by the MoWH in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>It will also outline a roadmap towards achieving the vision of a robust and sustainable development of public works and housing infrastructure in the medium term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conference holds immense significance as we meet to deliberate on the pressing challenges in the sector and further enhance our collaborative efforts towards tackling Ghana\u2019s housing and hydrology challenges\u201d, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, Chairman for the 2024 BENCHH Planning Committee remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the conference would delve into challenges and solutions within the sector, including the housing deficit, flood management, and infrastructure financing.<\/p>\n<p>As the Special Advisor to the Ministry, he intimated that the Ministry is mandated not only to develop sound policies but also supervise their effective execution, ensuring that they translate into improvements in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom addressing the housing deficit to enhancing our flood resilient infrastructure and regulations, the Ministry\u2019s efforts are linked to various sectors, driving socio-economic progress, and enhancing the overall quality of life for citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, recognizing the Ministry\u2019s diverse responsibilities highlights the importance of its endeavors in shaping the path of national development\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed BENCHH 2024\u201d, he concluded, \u201crepresents an opportunity for all of us to share insights and chart a course towards a more sustainable and resilient future for Ghana\u2019s works and housing sectors. Together, through collaborative efforts and innovative solutions, we can surmount the challenges presented and pave the way for enduring progress and prosperity in our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Chief Director of the MoWH, Rev. Stephen Yaw Osei, lamented that the menace of flooding was something quite exclusive to Accra, but now major cities like Kumasi and Takoradi have seen floods in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The conference therefore, is to \u201csolicit views from the general public and see how best we can solve the problems once and or all as a ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also disclosed that Ghana\u2019s housing deficit, according to statistics from last year\u2019s population and housing census stood at 1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>In sharp contrast, statistics also revealed that almost 12 percent of houses provided by the government are empty, a situation he decried.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, he added, would also look at how best to provide affordable housing to Ghanaians so they could have a dignified place of abode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Nii Adjei Mensahfio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government Launches BENCHH 2024 Dr. Prince Hamid Armah \u00a0 GOVERNMENT is set to host the maiden edition of the Built Environment National Conference on\u00a0Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH) 2024, the Ministry of Works and Housing (MoWH) has announced. Scheduled to take place from May 27 to 29, 2024 under the theme \u201cEnhancing Collaboration to tackle Ghana\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 Dr. Prince Hamid Armah \u00a0 GOVERNMENT is set to host the maiden edition of the Built Environment National Conference on\u00a0Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH) 2024, the Ministry of Works and Housing (MoWH) has announced. Scheduled to take place from May 27 to 29, 2024 under the theme \u201cEnhancing Collaboration to tackle Ghana\u2019s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 &#8211;\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":467,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/26\\\/government-launches-benchh-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 &#8211;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 Dr. Prince Hamid Armah \u00a0 GOVERNMENT is set to host the maiden edition of the Built Environment National Conference on\u00a0Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH) 2024, the Ministry of Works and Housing (MoWH) has announced. Scheduled to take place from May 27 to 29, 2024 under the theme \u201cEnhancing Collaboration to tackle Ghana\u2019s [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 &#8211;","datePublished":"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/"},"wordCount":467,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/","name":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2024-04-26T12:41:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/26\/government-launches-benchh-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government Launches BENCHH 2024 &#8211;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}