National Dialogue was a good move – Prof Adei

A renowned Economist, Prof Stephen, Adei has lauded the government for the National Economic Dialogue held between March 3 and 4 at the Accra International Conference Centre.

According to him, it was a good opportunity to collate ideas from stakeholders to development the country.

“The National Economic Dialogue was a good,” he said on the KeyPoints on March 8.

Prof Adei explained that such a forum was long overdue given the state in which the economy has been over the past few years.

“The previous government missed out, because everybody was saying let’s talk together, but they did not listen,” he bemoaned.

He revealed that although he was not invited, he attended the event only to discover that his name tag had already been prepared awaiting his attendance.

“I decided to ‘gate-crash’ but it turned my name was there. I suspect someone decided to keep my invitation,” he said amid laughter.

Prof Adei further noted that Ghana can develop faster if one government stays in power for a longer period.

“Ghana needs a good government who will be in power for 20 years,” he declared.

He contended that frequent changes in government, although good for our democracy, does not augur well for economic development. Especially so when successive governments in Ghana have tended not to continue projects and programmes started by their predecessors.

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