Discussants at a forum on public expectations of the second-term mandate of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have urged the President to be firm in reducing corruption and indiscipline and also ensure good governance.
In separate submissions, they said corruption and bad leadership were part of the foundational challenges hindering the socio-economic development of the country.
The forum was organised by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in Accra yesterday on the topic: “What’s new, Mr President? Expectations in the second term”.
The discussions were led by the Director of Research and Policy at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Kwabena Otoo; a former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper; the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Mr Yofi Grant, and the Director of Research at the IEA, Dr John Kwakye.
They also proffered ideas to help drive growth in the various sectors of the economy, including revamping agriculture, reforming education, reducing recurrent expenditure and re-examining the One-district, One-factory (1D1F) policy.
Other topics were investment in industrialisation, supporting the private sector to create jobs and re-examining the use of oil revenue.
Source: Daily Graphic (View original article.)
