The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) will hold its 13th National Development Forum (NDF) today, October 27, in Accra.
The 13th forum would be on the theme: “Towards Election 2020: Political Party Manifestos and Long-Term Strategic Needs of Ghana.”
It will also consider among others the policy trade-offs between short-term political gains and long-term sustainability of the national development agenda and how to balance short-term public expectations often captured in political party manifesto and the national development agenda expressed in medium to long term plans and strategies.
The keynote address of the forum would be delivered by Professor Peter Quartey, Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Legon. It would be chaired by Professor Emeritus Stephen Adei, Chairman of the NDPC.
The forum’s panelists include Dr. Esther Ofei-Aboagye, Chairperson, Star Ghana Foundation, and Prof Joseph Atsu Ayee, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
