Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has raised concerns over Ghana’s lack of comprehensive planning.
According to the renowned surgeon who served in the Akufo-Addo administration, this is a major obstacle to the nation’s progress.
“As I sit here, I don’t even know what will happen to the transportation industry in five years or 10 years. I don’t know what will happen to health, industry, science and technology, manufacturing, and so on. I mean, we don’t have set goals, or milestones so that you can talk about it when you meet your friends outside. This is missing,” he said.
Professor Frimpong-Boateng stressed the need for a vision and steps to be mutually enforced for development to thrive in Ghana.
“It’s not enough to say ‘Oh, Agenda 2030’…We had vision 2020. Vision this, vision that and when we do nothing and the set year is approaching then we shift. Vision 2057, who is supposed to do that? Are you telling our grandchildren that you are planning for them? Let us do what we can do now, when they come they will continue and plan for themselves,” he added in an interview on JoyNews.
To develop faster, he said the country must address the issue of missed targets and the tendency of not achieving tangible results.
Meanwhile, the renowned surgeon is disillusioned with the current NPP leadership, resulting in his lack of interest in politics.
“…the NPP in this present configuration is not very attractive to me,” he concluded.
His reason was that the current ideologies and policy implementation strategies of the NPP do not align with solving the problems of Ghana.
However, the renowned Ghanaian scientist applauded former President John Agyekum Kufuor for his commitment to democratic principles during his tenure. He cited Kufuor’s leadership style, which he believes helped consolidate Ghana’s democratic gains.
“…and I give Kufour a lot of credit for the transition from near-dictatorship to ‘kabi ma menka bi aban’ (democracy)”.