Wednesday 29th January, 2020
By Gideon D. Ebbah, GNA
Effiduase (Ash), Jan 29, GNA – The Very
Reverend Joseph Kojo Galley, the Superintendent Minister of the Asante
Effiduase Circuit-Methodist Church, Ghana has called for a national discourse
to set the stage for the institution of a long-term apolitical national
development plan.
He said Ghana needed an enduring development
plan to guide successive political regimes in the attainment of a workable
development agenda including; the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and not
political manifestoes.
The Very Reverend Galley said political
manifestoes could be short-lived as it could be set aside when the reins of
government changed hands to another political party – a case that had affected
the sustainability of the country’s accelerated development.
Speaking at a closing ceremony of a one-week
prophetic conference held at Effiduase by the Circuit, he underscored the need
for religious bodies such as the Christian and Muslims Councils, the National
House of Chiefs and the other important stakeholders, to partake in the
national discussions to that effect.
He said many development projects started by
previous governments, but did not see completion, stalled when those
governments lost power to other regimes – a situation that led to waste of
financial resources,
The Reverend Robert Eshun, the Diocesan Bishop,
reiterated the need for all the citizenry to unite efforts in ensuring the
sustainability of national development in the country.
“Religious bodies, traditional authorities,
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs among others, ought to unite and coordinate
efforts to shape and direct the course of the development agenda for the
nation”, he added.
GNA