The New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) has outlined plans to cut back the excessive value of dwelling, enhance the usual of dwelling and develop numerous sectors of the financial system when the social gathering is retained in energy.
At a press convention addressed by numerous audio system at its Marketing campaign Communication Workplace in Dzorwulu, Accra, final Wednesday, the social gathering unveiled plans to enhance the agriculture, transport, power and housing sectors as captured in its manifesto for the 2024 elections.
Talking on the power sector, an power knowledgeable and former NPP presidential aspirant, Kojo Poku, stated a Dr Mahamudu Bawumia presidency would roll out a 200-megawatt (MW) solar energy to supply electrical energy in areas with out electrical energy connectivity, improve connectivity from 80 to 100 per cent and cut back electrical energy value by 50 per cent.
He stated the federal government would increase the Gold-For-Oil (G4O) scheme to assist importers of gas to barter “higher ore aggressive premiums with suppliers”; including that the introduction of G4O helped to cut back premiums between US$180 and US$ 200 to US$70 per metric tonnes (MT) or much less.
He added that Dr Bawumia’s presidency would incentivise solar energy customers by means of the metering system to allow households and different producers of solar energy to get credit for the surplus energy they might ship to the nationwide grid towards which they might use the grid energy when not related to the photo voltaic supply.
For the transport sector, Madam Lawuratu Musah-Saaka stated the following NPP authorities, if it received the election, would scale back the price of transportation by facilitating personal sector funding in Electrical Automobile (EV) and infrastructure, increase the G4O to proceed to stabilise gas value and the value of spare elements by implementing a “flat charge for all importers”.
She added that the NPP would work with and incentivise personal sector platform builders to combine the digital market for spare elements and supply logistical assist for onboarding individuals within the market.
Madam Musah-Saaka stated the following NPP administration would reform the drivers’ licensing system for the extension of licence renewals from two to 5 years, with the licence validity pegged at 10 years.
Agriculture and housing
For agriculture, the Member of Parliament for Trobu, Moses Anim, highlighted that the NPP administration would consolidate the beneficial properties of the Planting for Meals and Jobs (PFJ) initiative and spend money on different initiatives to advertise all-year-round farming to make sure meals safety.
Particularly, he stated the following administration would “launch an expanded irrigation programme, together with the rehabilitation of the Vea Irrigation Challenge, implementation of the Pwalugu Irrigation Scheme and Bui Irrigation Scheme, full feasibility and detailed designs of the Kaanba, Makango and Afram Plains irrigation schemes, and increase different schemes underneath the “One Village, One Dam (1V1D) initiative”; including that the present authorities had constructed over 400 dams for aquaculture and irrigation functions.
He stated as a part of the initiatives, there can be an acceleration of efforts at de-risking agricultural financing by means of the Ghana-Incentive-Based mostly Threat Sharing System (GIRSAL) for Agricultural Lending, and in addition upscale the manufacturing and preservation of staple meals, meat, poultry and fish merchandise utilizing financing and assure schemes from the Improvement Financial institution Ghana (DBG) and GIRSAL.
Responding to questions from journalists, a former Majority Chief, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, stated the assertion that the PFJ had failed was faulty, because it had helped improve meals manufacturing within the nation, though the nation had in latest occasions skilled meals inflation.
He indicated that the nation, previous to 2017, used to import foodstuffs comparable to plantain, cocoyam and others from Cote d’Ivoire, however had by means of the PFJ eradicated the menace by growing the cultivation of those staples for native consumption.
For housing, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma North, Ms Sheila Bartels, stated a Dr Mahamudu Bawumia-led administration would work with faith-based organisations (FBOs) and charities to supply homeless shelters and in addition present public lands in some cities throughout the nation, and in partnership with personal builders, “redevelop into residential houses and mandatorily put aside necessities of between 20 and 30 per cent for low-income, social housing models with subsidised rents”.
She added that the NPP authorities would offer very important facilities comparable to roads, water, electrical energy and renewable power at housing challenge websites as a part of the partnership with personal builders to reinforce reasonably priced housing.