The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Kodjo Esseim Mensah-Abrampa has said that the Ghana@100 document that encapsulates a national strategic plan to make Ghana a first world country is achievable by 2057.

According to him, in order for the country to achieve this, it would require 37 years of consistency, commitment and accountability from successive governments.

Launched by the NDPC Tuesday, October 27 at their headquarters in Accra, the document catalogues the strategic needs of Ghanaians.

“The information gathered spans approximately four years and has been subjected to real technical discussions, comparisons with decisions of developed countries during their time at this phase of development, and how we can project. All these are imperative to our development,” said Mr Abrampah at the launch.

The Ghana@100 plan envisages that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) which currently stands at $65.56billion would increase to $3.4 trillion in 37 years, should successive governments maintain the growth rate of 5%.

He, however, stated that this plan is very realistic and achievable, and if adhered to, would make the country a global competitor.

Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, the National Planner explained that the country’s current economic growth tangent if maintained could potentially aid in the materialization of the Ghana@100 development plan.

“Let me give you a clue. In 2025, the target is to double this figure to about 600. If you’re able to achieve that, and we go by the consistent growth rate, that we’re talking about, an average of 7% or 5% we’re going very fast between 2022 to 2025 we’d be able to attain 600billion. If you go consistently by 5% up to 2057, we’d be able to clock that mark of 3.4 trillion,” Dr Mensah-Abrampa said.

However, unfortunately, the document isn’t fully binding on successive governments.

According to Dr Mensah-Abrampa, the document only has a medium-term plan that is binding, but he is hopeful that subsequent governments will adhere to its pronouncements.

When approved by Parliament, he further noted that the document, albeit non-binding, will be employed as a tool of accountability and assessment of performance by the ruling government.

“What we will do as NDPC, is to provide a report on what the government has done in a year, and that provides the basis for parliament to judge against the plan in order to reach a conclusion”.

The document is yet to receive parliamentary approval.