Dr Eric Oduro-Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies of
the Institute of Local Government Studies, has expressed optimism that the
incoming government will be able to deliver on the promises it made to Ghanaians
ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary
elections.According to him, after the government has been sworn into
office on the 7th of January, it will develop its first National Medium Term
Plan, out of which the budget will be prepared to cover most of the promises
made.
Speaking in an interview with Emefa Apawu, host of Class 91.3FM’s
‘505’ on Thursday December 15 in connection with the 100-day ultimatum given to
the incoming government by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers for the
restoration of trainee teacher allowances, Dr Oduro-Osae said: “I am very
positive that the incoming government will be able to deliver the promises they
made to Ghanaians simply because Ghanaians have voted overwhelmingly for the
government, and I want to believe that the greatest mistake they may not want to
commit is not fulfilling the promises they gave to Ghanaians.
“Let me
also explain something to the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, the act of
governance is such a way that once you are a government and you promise the
country in your manifesto and you are sworn into office on the 7th of January,
you are expected to develop your first National Medium Term Development Plan.
So
it is in the National Medium Term Plan that you are going to incorporate most of
the things that you promised Ghanaians. The incoming administration is yet to be
sworn into office, they are yet to prepare their first National Medium Term
Development Plan, and it is based on the plan that budgets are prepared, so that
if the restoration of the teacher trainee allowances finds its way into the
first year plan of the NPP, then you can budget for it.
“The budget for
the first three months of next year is already available and presented to
parliament by the outgoing government, and the outgoing government never had the
restoration of the teacher trainee allowances in its plan. So, in my view, in
the first 100 days, it will not be possible for the incoming government to
implement it.”
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