A leading member of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Kwame Jantuah, has called for a national development plan led by an independent authority to drive Ghana's progress.
Speaking on Starr FM with Naa Dede Tettey, Mr Jantuah highlighted the need for a unified, long-term approach to economic and industrial growth in the country, driven by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). "Any sensible leader, looking at where the country is today, should recognize that we need a national development plan everyone can rally around," Jantuah said. "We need an independent NDPC, just like the Electoral Commission, to move development forward in Ghana.
Right now, the NDPC is under the presidency, which makes their actions subject to the president's will.
That shouldn't be the case." Jantuah, who is also part of a team working on the Human Capital Development Strategy, emphasized that the country's energy sector and industrial base are key components of development.