The Minister-nominee for Planning, Professor Gyan Baffuor, has suggested \u00a0that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government may ignore the 40-year development plan compiled by the National Development Planning Commission under the previous government.<\/p>\n
Appearing before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee, he argued that, the 40-year development plan is too rigid and would prevent various governments from implementing new ideas.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”0TK7egWbospclmb9qEs028t5j01nlhEK”]Prof. Baffuor further noted that, this would only lead to successive governments\u00a0violating the long-term plan to see their own ideas come to fruition.<\/p>\n
His comments follow that of the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, who downplayed the relevance of a 40-year national development plan, \u00a0saying\u00a0a long-term development plan must be limited to 10 years due to world economic conditions and advancements in technology.<\/p>\n
In Prof. Baffuor’s view, a long-term vision with a specific set of goals would be more appropriate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Ghana needs a long-term development vision. Ghana needs a long term set of goals. Ghana needs a long term perspective plan. Ghana needs a long-term view about where we want to be 40 years from now. But Ghana does not need a 40-year unqualified development plan… If you do that, there is nothing they [Governments] can do and they will violate it. So it is not a good idea to come out with a plan as such.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prof. Baffuor made references to the UN\u2019s Millenium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, which he said were malleable enough for \u201cany country to fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also said the Vision 2020 launched by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 1995 as\u00a0blueprint for sustainable socio-economic development was also in the right direction.<\/p>\n
“So we need a vision like that [Vision 2020], we need a framework like that; but we don\u2019t need a plan that will be so restrictive\u2026 I don\u2019t want anything to be called a plan if it goes beyond a certain period of time. So if they [governments] are coming in like that, we don\u2019t need a very long term plan that will restrict them. They will violate it. I think we should go for a vision statement or a vison for 40 years but not a restrictive plan for 40 years,\u201d\u00a0Prof Baffuor said.<\/p>\n
The 40-year development plan<\/strong><\/p>\n The 40-year National Development Plan for Ghana (2018-2057) was launched in 2015 to provide a framework for national development binding\u00a0on successive governments.<\/p>\n The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), which is headed by Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, consulted various stakeholders and considered the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the development plan.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minister-nominee for Planning, Professor Gyan Baffuor, has suggested \u00a0that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government may ignore the 40-year development plan compiled by the National Development Planning Commission under the previous government. Appearing before Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee, he argued that, the 40-year development plan is too rigid and would prevent various governments from implementing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[3795,3,3796,3797],"yoast_head":"\n