NDPC Briefs Speaker of Parliament on Ghana Consolidated National Development Plan for Economic Transformation and Shared Prosperity
By Eugene Nyarko Jnr. | Accra —
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, briefed the Speaker of Parliament, the Right Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, on the Commission’s ongoing efforts to prepare a national development plan to guide Ghana’s economic, social and institutional development across successive governments.
The proposed plan is intended to promote continuity, consistency and improved development outcomes.
Dr. Thompson informed the Speaker that the Commission had begun compiling four existing development plans prepared over the past decade but which were not implemented into a Ghana Consolidated National Development Plan.
The Commission expects the plan to be adopted by Parliament as “the legislated will of the people” to ensure its implementation across governments and electoral cycles for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
The four plans are the 40-Year Development Plan (2016), Ghana Beyond Aid (2019), Ghana@100 (2019) and Vision 2057 (2024).
The preparation of the Ghana Consolidated National Development Plan and the integration of the four existing plans form part of the Commission’s evaluation of Ghana’s “unfinished business of development” over the 70 years since independence.
It also forms part of the preparation of a “Road Map for Economic Transformation and Shared Prosperity” to guide the country’s medium- to long-term development.
According to Dr. Thompson, Ghana has been stuck in a “middle-income trap” since it became a lower-middle-income country in 2010, and risks remaining there or slipping back into low-income status unless Parliament adopts the Consolidated Plan as a strategic framework to guide the preparation of medium-term development plans and their annual action plans.
The Speaker thanked the Chairman for the briefing and pledged Parliament’s support for the development of the Ghana Consolidated National Development Plan.
He underscored the importance of governance and institutional reforms in achieving Ghana’s development aspirations.
The Speaker also highlighted the successes of Ghana’s political development under the Fourth Republic, disclosing that Ghana had become a destination for study tours by legislators from both advanced and emerging democracies seeking to learn best practices in parliamentary procedure.
He concluded by emphasising the importance of ethics in leadership and public service and encouraged the Commission to highlight the issue in the Consolidated Plan.
The Commission is scheduled to address Parliament’s Committee of the Whole at the invitation of the Speaker.
The engagement with the Speaker’s Office is in recognition of Parliament’s primary role as the representative of the people and protector of their welfare.
It will be followed by strategic engagements with key stakeholders, particularly political parties, traditional authorities and faith-based organisations, as well as a call for submissions from the public.
