The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has tasked Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA’s) to make job creation and economic prosperity a topmost priority in their planning, stressing that failure to meet the purpose of job and wealth creation should not be entertained.
He noted that unemployment was a major challenge despite the Region being endowed with natural resources and urged them to develop medium-term plans that encompass job creation and economic prosperity in the years ahead.
Mr Darko-Mensah made the remark during the final meeting of the year for the Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) in Takoradi.
He disclosed that the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has issued a guideline for the preparation of the new four-year medium-term development goals, spanning 2022-2025.
He urged the MMDA’s to effectively deliberate on the document to develop plans that were participatory and encompassing so as to address the developmental issues of job and wealth creation which were the major concerns of the people.
According to him, the Government could only provide five per cent of job opportunities in the public sector hence the need to engage the private sector to create more employment opportunities.
He entreated MMDA’s to engage their communities to capture their aspirations and to make the same available to the technocrats so the Government would know what the people wanted when providing their formal 2020 annual report.
Story: Seth Ameyaw Danquah
