The Ghana Institution of Engineers has inducted 42 into the fold of the institution.

The inductees join over 10,000 registered professionals who are spread over four main divisions namely, civil, electrical, mechanical and chemical.

The inductees included 16 from electrical/electronic, 13 from civil, 5 from chemical/mining, and 8 from mechanical/agric/marine division.

Swearing in the inductees, the President of the Institution, Rev. Prof. Charles Adams urged government to employ registered engineers in the MMDAs.

“Government must ensure that anyone who works at the municipalities or assemblies are registered and qualified engineers.

“The law stipulates that even craftsmen, we should professionalise them so that in their practice, they uphold standards,” he said.

Prof. Adams entreated the government to support the GhIE to help build resilient systems.

He observes the systems are obsolete and need a redesign.

“Our country needs to build sustainable systems. For example, the recent floods we’re seeing is an example of what we should pay attention to as engineers.

“These systems were designed many years ago. A lot of the things we’ve done in the past may not be able to be resilient for example flooding in Kumasi and Accra.

He called for a substantive chair for the Engineering council to ensure proper monitoring of engineering practice.

“We want government to empower them so we can sanction people where necessary,” he noted.

The immediate past president of the institute, Ing. Leslie Ayeh advised the engineers to impact society.

“We need to be able to improve upon the things we came to meet. What’s your role in transforming society? The challenge is on us to ensure we become game-changers,” he said.

Executive Director of the Ghana Institute of Engineers Ing. David Nyante, admonished the engineers to produce local materials to lessen the nation’s dependency on foreign products.

Some of the inductees who spoke to Joy News were optimistic they are rightfully placed to impact society.

“Finally, I belong to a professional body that’s going to support me and approve the work I’m doing,” said Ing. Selorm Modey.

“It’s a critical step in my career to be inducted into the professional body as I’ve been in academia for a very long time. Now, I have the right to practice as a professional engineer,” said Ing. Prof. Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh.