Ghana will launch a process to prepare a 40-year development plan that will bind government to a vision lasting till the country turns 100 years.
The launch takes place on August 4 and is described by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) as ambitious. It will see deep and broad consultations for at least a year.
Ghana has been known to plan often, but which falls short of implementation, will once again attempt to put together a framework of ideas agreed upon at the highest level of government.
This is not the first time the NDPC has embarked on a national exercise to draw a blueprint for national development.
In 1995, the NDC administration launched the Vision 2020 document that was put together by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Hinged on science and technology and decentralisation of public administration, the plan has died off.
But unlike previous development plans since the late 60s, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson says, the new plan will be binding on all governments.
Vision
“It is just like the MDGs”, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson who heads the NDPC told Joy FM’s Newsnight Wednesday.
The MDGs sets general goals like halving poverty by 2015 but leave the actual strategy to governments to fashion out.
He said this flexibility will allow governments to commit to the unchangeable vision using their own changeable strategies.
Already former President Kufuor and former President Rawlings have interacted with the NDPC to create awareness and whip up support for the process.
According to Nii Moi Thompson, the team will be meeting the Speaker of Parliament, the Chief Justice, parliamentary leadership and leaders of the various political parties.
He said the heads of manifesto writing teams in the various political parties will join the NDPC’s team which will travel around the country to listen to Ghanaians and a vast array of professionals.
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