Gov’t strengthens Public Private Partnerships

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• Haile Selaise Mengistus III 10 years ago

  Unfortunately, this issue being a developmental one ,you can hardly find folks commenting on it. Ignorantly most people who comment on Ghanaweb takes interest in issues that tend to polarize the nation. When it comes to devel ...
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  Unfortunately, this issue being a developmental one ,you can hardly find folks commenting on it. Ignorantly most people who comment on Ghanaweb takes interest in issues that tend to polarize the nation. When it comes to developmental and long term goals of the nation which are likely to benefit and bond us together, we shy away and begin to flex our muscles on myopic political issues.

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• Felix H. Mensah 10 years ago

  Very good idea. However, certain fundamental issues have to be addressed. Major factor is cost of borrowing for long term development projects. In some of the countries where PPP is one of the preferred procurement routes in ...
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  Very good idea. However, certain fundamental issues have to be addressed. Major factor is cost of borrowing for long term development projects. In some of the countries where PPP is one of the preferred procurement routes in the public sector, interest on borrowing for such projects is mostly lower than 5%per annum. In Ghana however, minimum interest on loan for the same purpose is over 20%! This alone makes most projects, quite unaffordable right at the feasibility stage and hence discarded.
  
  One other constrain is lack of accurate data on Government development projects, This data is quite valuable in the development of Public Sector Comparator (PSC),which serves as a benchmark for evaluation of new projects.
  
  These and few other issues relating to the PPP procurement process, in general, need to be critically looked at for appropriate solutions in order to arouse the necessary public interest.

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• Paa Joe 10 years ago

  EWURABA,
  
  THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS ONLY TO SEE THAT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE CARRIED OUT AND URGENT CONTROL OF MISUSE PUBLIC FUNDS PAID TO THEM.
  
  IT IS ONLY WHEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR GOES INTO PA ...
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  EWURABA,
  
  THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS ONLY TO SEE THAT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE CARRIED OUT AND URGENT CONTROL OF MISUSE PUBLIC FUNDS PAID TO THEM.
  
  IT IS ONLY WHEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR GOES INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITIES AND RESERACH INSTITUTIONS WILL THE COUNTRY BE IN THE POSITION TO APPLY SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES FOR VITAL SERVICES IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ONLY ENCOURAGES MANIPULATION, EMBEZZLEMENT,MISAPPROPRIATION OF STATE FUNDS,FRAUD, BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
  
  WHOEVER CAME TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON SUCH A PARTNERSHIP, WAS AFTER A CONTINUED UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  IT IS TIME FOR US TO KNOW, WHY WE ARE ECONOMIC BACKWARD, UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND POOR.
  
  LET US RENEW AND TO KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND TO TRANSFORM THE NATION TO PROSPERITY.
  
  BEWARE OF CHEAP MONEY.

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• Jojo 10 years ago

  PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ONLY INCREASES STEALING OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
  
  NEVER CAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARNERSHIPS BE A DEVELOPMENT FACTOR IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  WHERE ARE THE NOISY SO CALLED EDUCATED ECONOMISTS IN THE C ...
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  PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ONLY INCREASES STEALING OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
  
  NEVER CAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARNERSHIPS BE A DEVELOPMENT FACTOR IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  WHERE ARE THE NOISY SO CALLED EDUCATED ECONOMISTS IN THE COUNTRY.
  
  ITS ONLY INCREASES MISMANAGEMENT OF STATE FUNDS AND CORRUPTION.

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