{"id":140369,"date":"2015-08-04T06:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=140369"},"modified":"2015-08-04T06:25:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:25:19","slug":"mahama-to-launch-40-year-development-plan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=140369","title":{"rendered":"Mahama to launch 40-year development plan today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama will today launch a process for the preparation of a long-term National Development Plan for the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qzQgjwmAFSIPsNmd7wQRLmZPXqPg9Q08&#8243;]It will be the first ever long-term development plan spanning a period of 40 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan which will be spearheaded by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) is aimed at shaping Ghana\u2019s future and complementing the existing medium development plans of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President, who resumed work yesterday after a one-week break, will this week also inaugurate a new tomato processing and packaging factory, and the completed Fufulso- Sawla road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, the President will inspect ongoing works at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange and open to traffic two of the flyovers at the Interchange.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) has asked the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/07\/19\/re-evaluate-40-year-national-development-plan-cpp-to-ndpc\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>re-evaluate<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>the 40-year National Developmental Policy framework to\u00a0ensure continuity and stability in governance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the\u00a0party&#8217;s\u00a0Chairperson, Samia Yaba Nkrumah, said the plan must be re-evaluated because it will be difficult for a political party in opposition, that finds a governing policy wrong, to continue the work of the previous government when it attains power.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many analysts, including the\u00a0Central Regional Secretary of the Council of Labour, Mr. Samuel Kweku Doughan have calleed for the institution of a National Development Plan and Economic Structural Policy for the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the trend where every government worked according to its own manifesto, neglecting the previous government\u2019s efforts irrespective of their importance was doing the country a disservice, hence the need for the plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Raymond Acquah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama will today launch a process for the preparation of a long-term National Development Plan for the country. 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