Barely six years that former President John Dramani Mahama launched the start of a process to see a 40-year development plan for the country, the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has is it almost done with four years plans.
This is by Article 36 Clause 5 of the 1992 Constitution and the framework is a four-year strategic document that details how Government intends to deliver on its promises to Ghanaians.
Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Kojo Esseim Mensah-Abrampa, made this known to the media at the Information Ministry in Accra.
According to him, the new medium-term development plan is for the year 2022 to 2025 and the key in the next development plan is the creation of jobs for the youth.
Article 36 clause 5 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, requires the President to present a coordinated four years plan of economic policies and programs to the country.
In 2017, the then senior Minister Nana Yaw Osafo-Maafo noted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will take another look at the plan, and together with the NDPC review it to make it relevant to the nation’s development.
He said “I don’t believe in planning more than 10 years because of the stringency of world economics, and therefore I would prefer that we restrict ourselves to a 10-year development plan. I have made some inputs into it relating to infrastructure and energy.” “Now that we are in power, we are surely going to have a critical look at that program and we are not going to swallow it hook, line and sinker. We’ll look at the 40-year-plan; every country like Ghana must get a long-term plan, particularly concerning infrastructure so that there will be continuity. So we will look at it and where modifications are necessary, we’ll make it after going through.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
