As President Mahama assumes office to begin his four-year mandate, his priority areas seem to be resonating very well with some economists, analysts, and the general public.
One such person is economist, Dr. Theo Acheampong who believes that the four key areas mentioned deserve all the attention and priority if President Mahama wants to make a positive mark during his tenure.
Mr. Mahama during his inaugural speech announced that his administration’s main focus will be Economic Restoration, Business Environment, Constitutional Reforms, and Corruption & Accountability.
“We will focus our initial efforts on four critical areas. The first is economic restoration and stabilization of the macroeconomic environment. The second is the improvement of the business and investment environment to ensure that Ghana is once again open for business. The third is governance and constitutional reforms. And the final, but not the least, is accountability and the fight against corruption,” President Mahama committed to the entire nation during his inaugural speech.
Reacting to these priority areas, Dr. Theo Acheampong remarked that they are indeed salient areas considering the state of Ghana’s socio-economic development.
He further added that these areas are easy to benchmark and track with metrics to enable Ghanaians to ascertain the performance of the government.
“JM’ 4 main/priority areas: 1. Economic restoration 2. Business environment 3. Constitutional reforms 4. Corruption and accountability. Very good. It makes it easy to benchmark and track performance/delivery (M&E),’ the Economist remarked.
He was however quick to add that the success of these key priority areas will heavily rely on the kind of appointments he makes to these sectors.
Wishing the president well, Dr. Acheampong is urging him to ensure his appointments are skill and experience-focused if he wants to succeed in these priority areas.
“The calibre of the appointees will largely determine the success or otherwise in these areas and demonstrable outcomes. I wish you well, Sir,” the Economist noted in an X post cited by The High Street Journal.
Other Ghanaians have also taken to social media to express similar sentiments with these priority areas. While these areas resonate with the masses as they have thrown support behind them, they are urging the new President not to disappoint them.
Source: thehighstreetjournal.com