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The Minority leader, Dr Casiel Ato Forson, has reiterated the commitment of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to introduce and implement a $10billion ‘Big Push’ policy if the party wins the December polls.
At the party’s manifesto launch in Winneba in the Central Region on Saturday, he said the policy is aimed at driving the needed focus and investment for growth and transformation.
Presenting key highlights of the manifesto, he explained that the Big Push would be a major economic policy of the next NDC government with four key economic growth poles.
The growth poles, he indicated would be the Western Corridor Economic Enclave project, Eastern Corridor Golden Growth Agenda, Transformational Road Transport Plan and Cocoa and Palm Economic Crop Rejuvenation Programme.
Dr Forson who is the Member of Parliament for the Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency in the Central Region said the next NDC government, would aggressively pursue policies to reset the entire fiscal framework to achieve efficient resource mobilisation and effective utilisation of public funds.
“We will shift from the over concentration of the macro economy to the micro economy where investment in the real sector will anchor sustainable macro-economic environment and economic growth,” he said.
The NDC, he said, would implement an enduring economic policy and a number of reforms to build sustainable economic buffers to stabilise and cushion the Ghana cedi.
He indicated that, the next NDC administration would establish an independent Public Debt Office to ensure an effective public debt management and also review and enforce the Fiscal Responsibility act (Act 982) and implement a fiscal consolidation plan to ensure fiscal discipline.
Dr Forson further expressed the NDC’s commitment to implement a deliberate policy to ensure sustainable economic buffers to cushion and stabilise the Ghana cedi.
The Minority Leader further accused the NPP administration of destroying the livelihood of Ghanaians and driving the economy aground by reversing the progress of the country.
FROM DAVID O. YARBOI-TETTEH, WINNEBA
