The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has launched its Vision 2057 development framework, a long-term plan to guide the Government in its developmental policies.
The proposal, integrates the Economic, Social, Natural and Environment, Governance and Emergency preparedness and Resilience dimensions of development.
The document states that the vision for Ghana is to be “A free, just, prosperous, and self-reliant nation which secures the welfare and happiness of its citizens while playing a leading role in international affairs” by 2057.
According to the NDPC, the Vision 2057 development framework will serve as a tool, aiding in stabilizing the economy of the country.
Speaking to Citi News at the Launch of the framework at the Cedi Conference at the University of Ghana, the Director General of the NDPC, Dr Kojo Essiem Mensah Abrampa, emphasised that the mobilisation of the country’s resources will be a major contributing factor to increasing the value of the Ghana Cedi.
“It’s a matter of harnessing these resources. How do we harness? The first has to do with human resources. For the long term, what have we been training our people on? Definitely a divergence from the very resources that we have. If we don’t have the skill, people with the skill, the knowledge, to take advantage of these resources then we will continue to be in the problem and face some of these problems.”
He noted that Ghana needs to shift from being a primary producer to a secondary producer to boost its currency value.
Chairman of the NDPC, Prof. George Gyan Baffour, also expressed hope that this development framework will remain unchanged regardless of any change in government.
This comes after stakeholders have raised concerns over the years, concerning the continuous disregard of the country’s development plans by successive governments.
“There is a missing link here. People have been asking what happens if there is a change of Government and projects are stalled. And my response has been that the document cannot do that. In fact, the constitution itself states that in the constitution. That they should continue. But then we have not been able to make them accountable or use the constitutional instrument (C.I) to do that.”
“And of course, as I explained to some Journalists yesterday, it requires maybe some constitutional, the C. I do really give meaning to that phrase in the constitution that requires that you continue”, he stated.
He further elaborated on the limited mandate of the NDPC to enforce an incumbent government to implement the development framework
“A document from the commission cannot do that. But that one the commission, because it is still part of the Executive, cannot come out with a C.I either. Unless the commission is given the autonomy to operate”.
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