The Ghana Beyond Aid envisioned by President Akufo-Addo is a complete package aimed at propelling our country to become the beacon of Economic Liberty in Africa.
Akufo-Addo's Government has taken a lot of pragmatic steps and innovative solutions to usher Ghana into the full realization of Ghana Beyond Aid.
So far so good, NPP Government led by Akufo-Addo has been very good at ensuring that most of the programmes implemented serve as backbone to the achievement of Ghana Beyond Aid, and these include the following:
1. Excellent Public Corporate Governance Systems
Due to strict adherence to compliance and excellent public corporate governance systems instituted by President Akufo-Addo's Government, it has been extremely difficult for appointees to amass wealth, misapply and misappropriate public funds and undermine procurement procedures.
The excellent public corporate governance systems under the NPP Government easily expose appointees, and immediately necessary actions have been taken by President Akufo-Addo to deal with such cases.
In spite of the empty noise by the opposition on issues of corruption, they have been unable to substantiate their corrupt allegations against the NPP Government.
The excellent public corporate governance system under the NPP Government has seriously protected the public purse from abuse.
2. Control of Wastage of Resources
The setting up of the Office of Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo aimed at dealing with politically related corrupt cases and wastage of resources by Public Office Holders.
Even though the public is dissatisfied with the performance of the Special Prosecutor so far, alot of investigations are underway and very soon corrupt appointees of the previous administration would be dealt with in accordance with the law.
3. Auditing of Government Contracts
The NPP's Government under President Akufo-Addo has taken Auditing of Government Contracts very seriously to ensure that there is always Value for Money unlike John Mahama's administration.
Pre Audit, Post Audit and Contract Compliance Audit of Government Contracts have been very successful under President Akufo-Addo's Government.
The Contracts Auditing Model of Akufo-Addo's Government recently exposed the lapses in the PDS Contract and necessary actions are being taken to address the matter.
4. Leveraging Technology to Achieve Economic Transformation
President Akufo-Addo's Government is committed to building a vibrant digital economy through technology.
Under this initiative, the Ghanaian economy is on course to become a world class digital economy with robust and accurate Data for planning, integration, tracking, monitoring and compliance.
The Private Sector led E-kiosk Business Model in partnership with the National Lottery Authority (NLA), and interoperability between banking and mobile payments, plus other digital initiatives are all aimed at achieving a Cashlite Society and improve revenue mobilization for national development.
5. Sustainable Economic and Financial System
The recent clean-up exercise of the banking and specialized deposit-taking and non-banking financial institutions by President Akufo-Addo's Government has helped to save monies, funds and lifetime investments of millions of depositors, private companies and investors across the Country.
Akufo-Addo's Government inherited a collapsed financial sector from John Mahama's Government but thankfully to bold decisions of the NPP Government, the Country's financial sector is now stronger and richer with the capacity to provide financial assistance to companies, individuals and investors, as well as create more jobs for Ghanaians under a stable and sustainable financial and economic environment.
For a country to achieve economic emancipation, there is a need to have a vibrant, well-resourced, well-governed and well-competitive financial sector. That was the main reason why Akufo-Addo's Government committed billions of Ghana Cedis to save the financial sector.
Furthermore, for accountability purposes, steps have been taken to prosecute BOG officials, Managers and Board of Directors who caused the collapsed of the financial institutions.
6. Industrialization and Agriculture
Industrialization and growth of Agriculture are key pillars to Ghana Beyond Aid. On that basis, President Akufo-Addo's Government has implemented One District One Factory, One Village One Dam, One District One Warehouse, Planting for Food and Jobs, and Rearing for Food and Jobs programmes across the Country.
These initiatives aimed at creating jobs for Ghanaians and raising substantial revenue for economic self-reliance and sufficiency.
Again, the signing of the Continental Free Trade Area (CTFA), the largest trade agreement since the establishment of World Trade Organization, and Ghana being the host of the Secretariat, is a major step of achieving Ghana Beyond Aid.
Conclusion
I would like to respectfully state that, Ghana beyond corruption is just a subset of Ghana Beyond Aid. Ghana Beyond Aid is a complete package that covers fight against corruption.
All the efforts listed above aimed at ensuring that revenue generated are protected from corruption, wastage, misapplication and misappropriation of Public Funds, and with these efforts and the NPP's continuous stay in power, there will be no need to seek financial assistance from donor partners in future.
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If you think the Dutch Ambassador is the only one thinking that the government is head deep into corruption then think again. Make your investigations well. Almost all the embassies have the same impression. Some of us work in these embassies and we know what they think. Wise up before you go to opposition.
A government deep in to corruption is unashamed to even talk. The foreign diplomats all know how corrupt this government have become. Sit there and tickle yourself and laugh. ***barred word*** f00l
Who can such an arsehole from the npp lying brigade educate, only npp gullible supporters
Some people trump up allegations of corruption,make so much noise about it and conclude that everyone listening has accepted the fabrications.People are discerning even kindergarten children know there is hope for Ghana Beyond Aid.
When a European ambassador tells you adopt Ghana beyond corruption it means you are full of it. And he doesn't need you to explain nothing.
Actually, Ghana beyond Aid, itself, is a subset of good governance. Going by his arguments, no one should applaud the President for stating emphatically what a good government should seek to achieve. The author clearly didn’t consider the fact that the very reason for which our president emphasized on Ghana beyond aid — despite the fact that it is a subset of good governance — is the very reason that the ambassador asked Ghana to perhaps concentrate on rooting out corruption, which has arguably been on the ascendency in the past few years. Oh, before I forget, I believe the reason our president emphasized on the Ghana beyond Aid agenda is because Ghana relies heavily on Aid. You don’t need Einstein’s brain power to know that the ambassador suggested we concentrate on Ghana beyond corruption because there’s just too much corruption in the system. In conclusion, whoever allowed this article to be titled in a very misleading way should be punished for being lazy! It’s probably because of people like them we’re still struggling with corruption!
Even a kindergarten left alone a free SHS student can tell that this current government is a t1ef government embroiled in corruption