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The National Development Planning (NPDC) Commission has organized a two-day National Development Summit to provide a critical platform to deliberate on Ghana's development agenda.

It prompts reflection on the nation's current state. Discussions were based on key issues and challenges that need to be addressed, and encouraged innovative ideas, strategic planning, and policy formulation that align with the envisioned future.

The Director-General of National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Kodjo Essiem Mensah-Abrampa said it is also an opportunity to foster national consensus and create ownership of a joint long term vision. By engaging key stakeholders, government agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector and international partners, the summit aims to create a collaborative and inclusive environment for dialogue and decision-making on national progress.

Ultimately, the Summit seeks to establish strategic recommendations that transcend political cycles and guide the nation towards sustainable, inclusive, and transformative development which emphasizes the need for continuity, coherence, and effective resource allocation in the pursuit of Ghana's development aspirations.

He said, the issue of long term project national developments framework is very germane at the moment when the nation is facing a complex array of internal shocks such as economic challenge, environmental hazards, geopolitics conflict and these shocks makes the citizens ponder and wonder where the existence of a long term project or plan could have minimized the negative impact of these forces .

Dr. Kodjo Essiem Mensah-Abrampa, noted that the view of the commission will allow the flexibility needed by future generations and governments to steer the state of affairs towards universally accepted pursuit or vision of creating just a free and prosperous nation for Ghana as enshrined in the 1992 constitution.

Talking about the long term development project of the document, he said the document will focus less on the historical and geographical context of Ghana as these are fully discussed in the 40 year plan . Instead it will be more futuristic looking at where they want to be by 2057 when Ghana celebrates its centenary.

The document is not intended to supplant existing documents such as the 40 year plan but rather to simplify and sharpen the focus on development efforts in the document and they shall continue to use the document side by side to pursue the development aspiration of the country.