Sustain 40-year dev. plan - J.H. Mensah

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Nii Okai 10 years ago

I thank all those who had given their blessings to the commission. In practical terms a sustained development plan is a sine qua non to real national development of every nation that claimed it has wise and really well educat ...
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I thank all those who had given their blessings to the commission. In practical terms a sustained development plan is a sine qua non to real national development of every nation that claimed it has wise and really well educated people.
Zoobe-Zoobe 10 years ago

These guys are not serious... pretenders

These guys are not serious... pretenders
Kojo 10 years ago

40 Years? What a joke. Learn from Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, UAE, etc who learned from Nkrumah the 7 year and 5 year development plans with achievable benchmarks and results. Not 40 years. The planners will only escape ...
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40 Years? What a joke. Learn from Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, UAE, etc who learned from Nkrumah the 7 year and 5 year development plans with achievable benchmarks and results. Not 40 years. The planners will only escape responsibility. What a joke!!!
kofi adu 10 years ago

Good, for once J.H. Mensah supports Dev. Plan. Why did you then support coups. The country has gone down because you derailed all plans as a result of your selfishness. Thank you are old and you grown with wisdom.

Good, for once J.H. Mensah supports Dev. Plan. Why did you then support coups. The country has gone down because you derailed all plans as a result of your selfishness. Thank you are old and you grown with wisdom.
Paa Kojo 10 years ago

How many coups did your hero JJ lead?
Think before you comment.

How many coups did your hero JJ lead?
Think before you comment.
Yaw 10 years ago

You are a fool to insult JH.

You are a fool to insult JH.
Mawuetornam Dugbazah 10 years ago

Ten (10) vital things that Ghana’s 40-Year National Development Plan must do:
1. Communicate effectively: it should not be written in academic jargon;
2. Communicate effectively: it should depict financial projections bas ...
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Ten (10) vital things that Ghana’s 40-Year National Development Plan must do:
1. Communicate effectively: it should not be written in academic jargon;
2. Communicate effectively: it should depict financial projections based on authentic indisputable revenue indicators;
3. Communicate effectively: it should be translated into at least five (5) Ghanaian languages;
4. Should incorporate periodic statutory publication of progress & completion reports via media;
5. Should incorporate periodic dialogue with NDPC via a media-covered national “people’s forum”;
6. Should incorporate central role for National House of Chiefs as a key player in plan oversight;
7. Be original: it should seek to be devoid of foreign “research” content;
8. Be original: it should incorporate the use of indigenous knowledge “best” practices;
9. Be original: it should incorporate “out of the box” measures of economic productivity;
10. Lastly, the document should be implemented in phases of six (6) to seven (7) years.
NB: On a personal note, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, don’t’ you think it is about time you gave directives and updated your outfit’s—NDPC’s—website?
Or at least, communicate what is being done with the website in the interim. You are already making some of us very skeptical about your transparency, and ability to effectively “roll out” this steering document within a “domestication” context. If you cannot effectively communicate this vision to a majority of Ghanaians, it will simply wind up being a vision that conveniently allows external stakeholders to rape Ghana!
Zoobe-Zoobe 10 years ago

Are you serious? This is just a joke...

Are you serious? This is just a joke...
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

You sustain something that is already alive, living, and working!

The 40-Year Development Plan is someones new idea about development.

It has no life!

You sustain something that is already alive, living, and working!

The 40-Year Development Plan is someones new idea about development.

It has no life!
Zoobe-Zoobe 10 years ago

It is the joke before 2016 elections

It is the joke before 2016 elections

kofi adu 10 years ago

Oh, lest I forget. Remember your " Get on or get off campaign slogan"? Now you wanna get on with opposition.Too good to be true. Thank you.

Oh, lest I forget. Remember your " Get on or get off campaign slogan"? Now you wanna get on with opposition.Too good to be true. Thank you.
Togbe Fiti 10 years ago

There must be something wrong with Nii Moi guy. Why not confer with the student leadership and other youth movements about a 40 year development plan but with octogenarians who are on their way out? This plan is already dead ...
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There must be something wrong with Nii Moi guy. Why not confer with the student leadership and other youth movements about a 40 year development plan but with octogenarians who are on their way out? This plan is already dead on arrival
Zoobe-Zoobe 10 years ago

can you trust them?

can you trust them?
Nii Teiko 10 years ago

Your input is welcome. We need to amass all arsenals to help sustain this plan but the real issue, my problem, is those NDC incompetent buffoons leading this call.

Your input is welcome. We need to amass all arsenals to help sustain this plan but the real issue, my problem, is those NDC incompetent buffoons leading this call.
Ebby 10 years ago

The big question is whether this plan has the full support of the major opposition party, NPP. I'm not referring to president Kuffour. If NPP is not on board, then it's a waste of time because if they come to power, they will ...
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The big question is whether this plan has the full support of the major opposition party, NPP. I'm not referring to president Kuffour. If NPP is not on board, then it's a waste of time because if they come to power, they will ditch this plan in a twinkle of an eye and come up with their own plan. I suggest that this exercise be extremely non-partisan, else it will be dead on arrival.
Even God(James). 10 years ago

How CAN we sustain our dévelopment when your party do not see anything good when in opposition.When serving as Senior Minister under The BIG N'ose,what was your dévelopment agenda?God Will punish you and your Brother inlaw ...
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How CAN we sustain our dévelopment when your party do not see anything good when in opposition.When serving as Senior Minister under The BIG N'ose,what was your dévelopment agenda?God Will punish you and your Brother inlaw for awarding yourselves with Gold medals.
Yaw 10 years ago

You are fool to insult this honourable man who is in his eighties approaching ninety. At hid age, he is still being consulted to build a country for a fool like you. How were you raised in your broken home?

In case you don ...
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You are fool to insult this honourable man who is in his eighties approaching ninety. At hid age, he is still being consulted to build a country for a fool like you. How were you raised in your broken home?

In case you don't know, JH Mensah has contributed to this country in many ways. As a young technocrat, he left his job at the World Bank to work for Nkrumah.

After Nkrumah, he worked for NDC, then Busia, was in parliament during Limaan government. He was the leader of opposition during NDC one and finally served in Kufuor government as Senior Minister. You should hope you are able to achieve ten percent oh what JH has done for Ghana.
NAYALE WOYOME 10 years ago

Yaw, you lack a great deal of wisdom. Yes JH mensah contributed so much that is why Ghana is such a great nation today. You are simply mad. JH Mensah is no better. See where Ghana is today? Even dogs in United Kingdom are mor ...
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Yaw, you lack a great deal of wisdom. Yes JH mensah contributed so much that is why Ghana is such a great nation today. You are simply mad. JH Mensah is no better. See where Ghana is today? Even dogs in United Kingdom are more sensible than these useless people.
Joseph Abugri 10 years ago

This is one of the best achievement I have heard and seen so far. Agreeing to have one Development that all political parties can follow. This is a good one.

This is one of the best achievement I have heard and seen so far. Agreeing to have one Development that all political parties can follow. This is a good one.
Accra Residence 10 years ago

The presidency has too much power for this to work. The party in power controls all appointments and contracts. They abrogate contracts at will, cause wasteful judgement debts and halt any continuity for development.

The presidency has too much power for this to work. The party in power controls all appointments and contracts. They abrogate contracts at will, cause wasteful judgement debts and halt any continuity for development.

a concern citizen 10 years ago

I think 40yrs is too far . I suggest 10yrs will do then review if the objectives or projects are not finished. I do not know what the projects are but if you take one project after the other then if we decide that our priori ...
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I think 40yrs is too far . I suggest 10yrs will do then review if the objectives or projects are not finished. I do not know what the projects are but if you take one project after the other then if we decide that our priority is for instance roads rehabilitation . all roads within the capitals and leading to the capitals are rehab. Then after 10 years we review whether the objective has been achieved if not review or to another priority area and so on. Iam o only expressing my opinion.
GHANABA 10 years ago

Even if you propose 100yr Development Plan it wont work because no one know what the future hold. Can any predict crude oil prices will reduce about 50% and cocoa prices will drop let alone the arrival of Ebola. What a bunch ...
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Even if you propose 100yr Development Plan it wont work because no one know what the future hold. Can any predict crude oil prices will reduce about 50% and cocoa prices will drop let alone the arrival of Ebola. What a bunch of jokers!
Rastafara 10 years ago

OLD TIMER

OLD TIMER
John Amponsah 10 years ago

Any such news about all political parties conferring to work on a national development plan is welcome. I for one prefer to give this initiative a chance at success rather than dwelling on pessimism and negativity. Singapore ...
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Any such news about all political parties conferring to work on a national development plan is welcome. I for one prefer to give this initiative a chance at success rather than dwelling on pessimism and negativity. Singapore for instance had a very long term development plan for their educational system, that evolved through at least three phases to arrive at what it is today. I shall be following the development of this new venture. August 4th is the launch date.
Gbewaa 10 years ago

WHAT does an economist know about national infrastructure development?

This job should be assigned to seasoned Town & Country Planners, Structural & Civil Engineers, accomplished Architects, Chartered Quantity Surveyors ...
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WHAT does an economist know about national infrastructure development?

This job should be assigned to seasoned Town & Country Planners, Structural & Civil Engineers, accomplished Architects, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and the like. NOT ECONOMISTS.
Father Pee 10 years ago

What kind of development they talking about. Kwame Nkrumah kind of development.
. Importing goods from other countries and assembling them in Ghana.
, bring whiteman to construct Akosombo, to built Tema refernry and when s ...
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What kind of development they talking about. Kwame Nkrumah kind of development.
. Importing goods from other countries and assembling them in Ghana.
, bring whiteman to construct Akosombo, to built Tema refernry and when something goes bad we can not fix. Oh God saves us.
John 10 years ago

Stupid jokers would be better to do this in shorter years.

Stupid jokers would be better to do this in shorter years.
Mugu Yaro 10 years ago

Massa,you dey? Why you keep quiet make your party peple dey fight fight like that?

Massa,you dey? Why you keep quiet make your party peple dey fight fight like that?

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