Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa
One of the commissioners of the National Development Planning Commission has stated that the commission is broke.
According to Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, the situation means that the commission cannot carry out its statutory mandate of policy formulating.
The NDPC is to advise the President on development planning policy and strategy by providing a national development policy framework to enhance the wellbeing of Ghanaians as the population grows.
Speaking on Citi News, Professor Badu Akosa said ?there is no money to do anything. Why people get up and even come to work, only God knows. The NDPC is doing pretty much a lot of work on nothing?.
?I have said that by the year 2035, the country?s population will be 48 million. Who is sitting there today planning how that population will impact on this country? Nobody!.
Since the beginning of the year, they?ve [NDPC] had only first quarter tranche of funding. I am a commissioner and I can say this on authority?.
He added that it is saddening that the Mahama led administration is not attaching importance to the work of the NDPC saying ?it?s got to be resourced that even if this country has only got GHC1,000, maybe GHC 500 of that GHC1, 000 should be given to NDPC?.
Source-RadioXYZ
