The security consultant Captain (retired) Budu Koomson is advocating that Ghana establish a national strategic plan to facilitate the country’s development, irrespective of the political party in power.
Budu Koomson says that the absence of a plan of this kind is robbing the nation of the development it needs in critical areas such as housing, health and education.
Talking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (13 January) on the topic “50 years on from Acheampong’s coup: effects and defects”, Budu Koomson said: “I think and actually, I am convinced, [Ghana’s only modest progress] is because we lack a national strategic plan.
“You see what we are doing? We are going in circles, because we are coming back to the same things, but in an uncoordinated way.
“If we had a proper strategy document in the nation, something like housing would feature as a strategic objective, as a critical success factor, because we need housing. Transportation will feature; health and education and all these key points will be taken as critical success factors.
“And we will want to see: in 50 years where do we want to be? … and then we will work on these lines, put in reasonable plans, and say that in five to ten years we can get here.
“So that when you come [into office], it is not like you are now coming to do housing: housing is already a national strategic objective, so what part of housing are you going to do?” Budu Koomson said.
Fred Dzakpata
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