Chief Executive officer of DEOMEG Africa, Lawyer Michael Nana Ampadu Bosompem, has thrown a challenge to political parties in Ghana to design a national development blueprint that would be accepted by all and not party manifestos. This according to him will pave way for the sustainable growth and development of the country.
According to Nana Bosompem, it is time Ghana have a development blueprint that all political parties would consent to and follow keenly when they are in power.
“There should be a blueprint to guide our governance, whether I am NDC, NPP, or CPP….. When I come into power I am not coming with my own manifesto, we have as a country a blueprint and everybody (party) must follow that blueprint,” he stated. He was speaking in an exclusive interview with ghananewsonline.com.gh in his office in Accra.
He further explained that, without a development blueprint, political parties in government implement policies promised in their manifestos which are mostly not in the interest of the citizenry. He cited the four years senior high school education policy by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration which was reversed to three years after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won power as some of the challenges associated with governance without a development blueprint. He indicated the need for all stakeholders to be consulted for the country to design development policies for all sectors to help in our development drive.
Lawyer Nana Bosompem, explained that the problem of the country is mainly leadership and that Ghana needs a firm leader who can take tough decisions for the development of the country and not worry about losing the next election. He referred to the example of Rwanda and how that country took a firm decision sometime ago not to build any more mud-houses as the government erect affordable houses for its people to live comfortably.
The CEO of DEOMEG Africa was proud of the current leadership of Nigeria and their recent policy decision not to allow foreign rice into their country because they believe is the way to grow their rice production in the country.
“If we look at Nigeria, recently we all heard the decision Nigeria took in relation to the importation of goods especially rice into their country and if you go to Nigeria today, many more people are going into rice farming but in our country we import everything,” he said, adding that “It is time to consider leaders that are concerned about the development of the country, and not their pockets,” he concluded.
Source: Derick Botsyoe and Jerrina Dzifa || ghananewsonline.com.gh
