{"id":154215,"date":"2015-09-24T06:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T06:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=154215"},"modified":"2015-09-23T16:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:16:48","slug":"attaining-sdgs-will-require-localization-of-policies-dr-nii-moi-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/attaining-sdgs-will-require-localization-of-policies-dr-nii-moi-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Attaining SDGs will require localization of policies \u2013 Dr. Nii Moi Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chairperson of the National Developmental Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has advocated a more localized approach to help Ghana achieve the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

His basis for such call is that the inclusion of people at the local level of governance will ensure ownership and facilitate the attainment of the outlined goals in the SDGs.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nii Moi Thompson was speaking at the launch of Ghana\u2019s final Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs) report which examines progress made between 2000 and 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the main lessons of the MDGs is that implementation and monitoring should be localized. This will ensure stronger ownership and better prospects for attaining the SDGs in record time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Vice Chairperson at the NDPC- Dr. Esther Offei Aboagye performing the launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Titled, \u201cGhana Millennium Development Goals 2015 Report,\u201d the 97-page document assesses Ghana\u2019s progress in meeting various goals and targets outlined in the MDGs.<\/p>\n

The report also serves as a forerunner to the adoption and implementation of the next global development agenda, the SDGs, yet to be launched by the United Nations in New York later this month.<\/p>\n

The report described Ghana\u2019s progress as a mixed one. This is because while some goals were attained, others showed the country had made either substantial or only slow progress.<\/p>\n

Goals the country had attained included; MDGs 1A, 7B and 3 which hinges on halving extreme poverty, halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water as well as ensuring gender parity in primary school respectively.<\/p>\n

Areas where the country showed substantial progress included; reducing the proportion of people suffering from hunger, reducing HIV prevalence and ensuring access to ICT.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Ghana is said to have made slow progress in full and productive employment, ensuring equal share of women in non-agriculture wage employment and women\u2019s involvement in governance.<\/p>\n

Other areas the country is making a slow progress include; reducing under-five and child mortality, reducing maternal mortality as well as reversing environmental resource loss and improving sanitation.<\/p>\n

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Dignitaries at the launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On her part, the UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Christine Evans-Klock, commended Ghana for her ability to halve poverty ahead of time.<\/p>\n

She however urged government to take a critical look at environmental conditions since the nation is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n

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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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