40-year devt plan needless - Gyan-Baffour

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Adu Phillips (Toronto) 8 years ago

You people came and cancelled vision 2020 under Rawlings and you are here again talking about 40 years development plan. The bible says without vision my people perish so Npp must wake up from their sleep okay!

You people came and cancelled vision 2020 under Rawlings and you are here again talking about 40 years development plan. The bible says without vision my people perish so Npp must wake up from their sleep okay!
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Hohoho, montreal 8 years ago

Ghana is doing bad with these politicians . Mahama is not good. Nana Addo is a wee smoker and clueless. The last time I saw this old wee smoker was JB Danquah's ,@50 funeral. Kuffour fired him because he was always on wee ...
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Ghana is doing bad with these politicians . Mahama is not good. Nana Addo is a wee smoker and clueless. The last time I saw this old wee smoker was JB Danquah's ,@50 funeral. Kuffour fired him because he was always on wee and clueless. Military should take over, period.
Uncle Pee 8 years ago

Supposing we were following a plan created 40 years ago, how would it have accommodated technological advancement of modern era? Remember, the internet wasn't there 40 years ago. The Russians even don't do that anymore.

Supposing we were following a plan created 40 years ago, how would it have accommodated technological advancement of modern era? Remember, the internet wasn't there 40 years ago. The Russians even don't do that anymore.
Sankofa 8 years ago

A development plan is a living document.

It can be reviewed and amended periodically to accommodate the technological and other changes you mention.

Remember the maxim: failing to plan is planning to fail.

A development plan is a living document.

It can be reviewed and amended periodically to accommodate the technological and other changes you mention.

Remember the maxim: failing to plan is planning to fail.
Kofi 8 years ago

Germany may not call it a 40-year plan but they where they are headed no matter which party is in power. Deja vu all over again! It is always politics, and never the national interest! If our priorities keep changing with eve ...
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Germany may not call it a 40-year plan but they where they are headed no matter which party is in power. Deja vu all over again! It is always politics, and never the national interest! If our priorities keep changing with every change in government administration, we will just be standing still at best.
skippy 8 years ago

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Sankofa 8 years ago

Typical Ghanaian intellectual shallowness!

What is the professor talking about?

A plan is not meant to be rigid. It is a broad vision arrived at by consensus to give the nation purpose, a sense of direction and a framew ...
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Typical Ghanaian intellectual shallowness!

What is the professor talking about?

A plan is not meant to be rigid. It is a broad vision arrived at by consensus to give the nation purpose, a sense of direction and a framework within which to work.

Whoever told Prof Gyan that the industrialised countries do not plan beyond 10 years? He would be surprised to know that there are whole units in governments round the world who do nothing but think about the future and how their countries are going to get there.

If we had planned ahead for 40 years at the time we inaugurated the Akosombo dam, we would most certainly have avoided dumsor 40 years later. we were not to know there would be a power crisis, but we could have projected the growth of our population in the 40 years with simple mathematics, forecast our economic growth and looked at a spectrum of scenarios from positive to negative. We could have done a risk assessment, anticipated problems and put in place countermeasures to deal with them.

The industrialised countries in many ways make the future, they do not wait for the future to happen to them. That is why they always remain ahead of us.

With such warped thinking coming from our so-called intellectuals, is it any wonder that our country is going nowhere too quickly?
M.A.N Speedy ! 8 years ago

Sankofa,I laud your efforts in showing these fake intellectuals how shallow minded they are in thinking that a developing country like Ghana does not need a 40-year plan and that the planning should be left to the whims of ru ...
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Sankofa,I laud your efforts in showing these fake intellectuals how shallow minded they are in thinking that a developing country like Ghana does not need a 40-year plan and that the planning should be left to the whims of ruling parties. Foolish, and myopic intellectuals who seek to gain through their parties will see no good in holding themselves accountable to search a plan. What we really need is the bringing together of the best brains in the country including universities and professional institutions to come up with a joint 40 year plan. The best of the ideas will be selected by a panel of experienced experts in various fields to be reviewed by the legislatures of all parties and made part of the constitution. If JJ, J.A. Kufour or J.M had had such a plan they would have been judged or held accountable by what they ought to have accomplished. Not only would it limit loopholes for corruption and random misappropriations, Ghanaians will be aware of what each regime needs to do or accomplish. The 40 year plan would cover population growth, technological growth in : Medicine, global economy and management of our resources, energy, agric, finance, security by land, air, water and cyber,sanitation, waste disposal, drainage in cities and rural areas, decentralization of power and resources, just to mention a few etc, etc. Thank you.
Odikro 8 years ago

No future political party will even be bound by any laws to implement any part of it. If that is the case, they should as well draw a 40-year manifesto for all future parities. It's senseless, it's waste of money.

No future political party will even be bound by any laws to implement any part of it. If that is the case, they should as well draw a 40-year manifesto for all future parities. It's senseless, it's waste of money.

Twum 8 years ago

I share this view totally and have expressed my reservations about that.I have even questioned where the money to implement it will be coming from unlike the Marshall plan that had the resources and human capital to pull it t ...
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I share this view totally and have expressed my reservations about that.I have even questioned where the money to implement it will be coming from unlike the Marshall plan that had the resources and human capital to pull it through in the German case
Sankofa 8 years ago

Where do governments get the money to implement their party manifesto promises?

Where do governments get the money to implement their party manifesto promises?
Bryan 8 years ago

It is unfortunate that Prof has also taken this stand. He clearly does not understand that the issue a framework and not a plan per se. We do not want to run this country on manifestos because those are cheap high sounding pr ...
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It is unfortunate that Prof has also taken this stand. He clearly does not understand that the issue a framework and not a plan per se. We do not want to run this country on manifestos because those are cheap high sounding promises that are usually not attainable.
I am really sad that we are going to practice manifesto driven development. Very sad indeed.
Cool 8 years ago

There difference types of plan. Is this man saying a plan is rigid and will not allow space for manifesto promises? And he will be approved because he is NPP and a so called demented Prof.
If we want to developed as a natio ...
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There difference types of plan. Is this man saying a plan is rigid and will not allow space for manifesto promises? And he will be approved because he is NPP and a so called demented Prof.
If we want to developed as a nation we need nations development strategic framework . This has to be developed by all stakeholders including political parties and civil society
What we require from parties in the HOW they can help us achieve the strategic goals of the National Development Strategic Framework.
This professor does not want Ghana to look beyond 4 years in planning. He is a fool and should go learn wisdom from the ant
Misaa 8 years ago

Cool,dont talk loosely. you would be fortunate to have prof Gyan Baffour as a father,brother or an uncle.

Cool,dont talk loosely. you would be fortunate to have prof Gyan Baffour as a father,brother or an uncle.
Sankofa 8 years ago

A so-cslled professor must be exposed for talking nonsense.

How can he suggest that we should only have short-term plans rather than look to the medium and long term?

The aim of the national development plan is to depol ...
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A so-cslled professor must be exposed for talking nonsense.

How can he suggest that we should only have short-term plans rather than look to the medium and long term?

The aim of the national development plan is to depoliticise our development as a nation by reaching a consensus on our development goals. It aims to create a framework within which the political parties can develop their manifestos for implementing the plan.

I am not sure why the NPP bigwigs Gyan and Marfo are skeptical about the long-term planning. Had we planned ahead from 1966 when Akosombo dam was inaugurated, we could conceivably have avoided dumsor 50 years later.
asante 8 years ago

He thinks in terms of election years. Our problems stretch beyoung 4 years. You need long term planning. You have the broader Policy objective which could stretch into décades, then you have the more specific project obje ...
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He thinks in terms of election years. Our problems stretch beyoung 4 years. You need long term planning. You have the broader Policy objective which could stretch into décades, then you have the more specific project objective which fits into your 4 year term. What is wrong with that?
Twum 8 years ago

I share this view totally and have expressed my reservations about that.I have even questioned where the money to implement it will be coming from unlike the Marshall plan that had the resources and human capital to pull it t ...
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I share this view totally and have expressed my reservations about that.I have even questioned where the money to implement it will be coming from unlike the Marshall plan that had the resources and human capital to pull it through in the German case
Citoyen Ghaneen 8 years ago

We live in a dynamic world that is changing every second, minute and hour. Who could anticipate that America will one day ban Muslims entering America? But at last, it has happened in our time with Trump in charge of America. ...
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We live in a dynamic world that is changing every second, minute and hour. Who could anticipate that America will one day ban Muslims entering America? But at last, it has happened in our time with Trump in charge of America. Kwame Nkrumah was well aware of the dynamics of post independent Ghana and therefore formulated 10 Year and 5 year development plans to guide his vision for Ghana. Every development, no matter how good it is thought through, must be reviewed frequently for the necessary adjustments and modifications to be made here and there. The goals set for 40 years may be a completely different set of goals in 20 years time let alone 40 years.
skippy 8 years ago

This old & tired brains talking trash
The parties prefer to leave it this way so there is no national plan but useless party manifestos that dont make sense.
A 40 yr ghana plan can always be made to adjust to changing time ...
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This old & tired brains talking trash
The parties prefer to leave it this way so there is no national plan but useless party manifestos that dont make sense.
A 40 yr ghana plan can always be made to adjust to changing times
We cant leave yjis on the hands of this notwit politicians
How is djan baffour a better planner than dr.nii moi thompson & prof akosa & co.
Besides the big plan can be segmented into 4yr,10yr short & mid term plans etc.

skippy 8 years ago

Good point

Good point
Paa Joe 8 years ago

DID THIS FOLK EVER ACHIEVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WHEN HE OCCUPIED THE MINSTRY OF FINANCE.

THEY ARE ONLY NOISY, FAILING TO KNOW, GHANA HAS NO TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENTITIFIC INNOVATION TO PROPEL ECONOMIC GROWTH,BUT,HA ...
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DID THIS FOLK EVER ACHIEVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WHEN HE OCCUPIED THE MINSTRY OF FINANCE.

THEY ARE ONLY NOISY, FAILING TO KNOW, GHANA HAS NO TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENTITIFIC INNOVATION TO PROPEL ECONOMIC GROWTH,BUT,HAS COCOA BEANS AND RAW MATERIALS EXPORT ECONOMY.

TITLES IN A POVERTY STRICKEN COUNTRY.

VERY SHAMEFUL FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH CARS,JEEPS AND BUNGALOWS FOR NON-PRODUCTIVE WORK IN THE COUNTRY.

BEWARE OF CHEAP MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COCOA AND PEASANT FARMERS, THE DISADAVANTAGED, LESS FORTUNATE,THE IGNORANT AND THE POOR.
abijay GERMANY 8 years ago

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