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Every society must envision where it wants to be in the future and work towards it accordingly. The CPP’s original vision of building a just and prosperous society on the basis of a strong and diversified economy in a democratic environment was cut short by the 1966 coup. The CPP aims to restore and pursue that vision as follows:
Economic transformation: Our desire to make Ghana a high-income country in one generation requires that we transform the economy on two fronts (1) From a dependence on primary commodities to a diversified and industrialised one that is globally competitive, and (2) From one of low-skills, low-productivity and low-income to a technology and knowledge-based economy characterised by high-skills, high productivity, and high incomes. |
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Working to Bring the Economy Back Home |
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“We shall measure our progress by the improvement in the health of our people; by the number of children in school, and electricity in our towns and villages and by the happiness which our people take in being able to manage their own affairs. The welfare of our people is our chief pride, and it is by this that my Government will ask to be judged.”
Broadcast to the Nation, 24 December, 1957
By Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah,
First President of the Republic of Ghana
It has been over half a century since Dr. Nkrumah made that statement, yet we are very far from achieving those objectives. The progress made by the CPP between 1951 and 1966 through an unprecedented expansion in social services like education, health, and housing as well massive infrastructure development has been steadily undermined by successive governments. |
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