PARTY |
ECONOMY |
EDUCATION |
HEALTH |
NPP |
� Private sector development through the removal of barriers to private sector growth, provision of loans to small and medium enterprises, and promotion of a culture of entrepreneurship � Expansion of the Rural Enterprise Development Programme � Infrastructure improvements to facilitate trade, agriculture and tourism � The establishment of 10 employment centers to connect job seekers with jobs and the set-up of a National Job Summit � The continued implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberation Scheme � The removal of import duties and the provision of export incentives for the forestry industry � Mounting marketing schemes to promote domestic tourism � Support for mechanized farming � The establishment of a monitoring system for marine fisheries to minimize post-harvest losses � The introduction of a special programme to minimize desertification � The creation of the Ghana Technology Park, to enhance information technology � Accelerated deregulation of the Petroleum sector � Restructuring and repositioning of the National Airline � The establishment of a sub-urban railway system in the Greater Accra Region |
� Enhance access to education and promote technical and vocational training � The implementation of incentive schemes for teachers � The upgrading of one Senior High School in each District to the level of a model school |
� The rehabilitation of the Tamale Regional Hospital � The provision of housing for staff in hospitals that run 24 hours � Building more hospitals � Extending access to clean water � The establishment of a Mortgage Finance Institution to facilitate the ownership of homes � Additional funding for the Women Development Fund to make women more independent and less vulnerable |
NDC |
� Improving revenue collection and responsible spending � Increased investment in science and technology, including information technology � The stabilization of prices of goods and services � Transparency and accountability in the use of donor resources � Increase in foreign investment � Moving from agrarian to industrial economy, without disadvantaging the peasant farmer � Increasing agricultural productivity for both domestic consumption and industry � Developing new niche products targeted at the ECOWAS sub-region � Pursuing bilateral trade initiatives to boost South-South cooperation � Implement ECOWAS protocols for trade � The establishment of a National Research and Development Fund to be accessed by innovators � Granting tax concessions to certain companies � The establishment of Science and Technology Parks to promote scientific excellence � Organizing trade fairs to exhibit locally developed products � Promoting non-traditional agricultural exports, like the at the sheanut and the dawadawa tree � Provision of irrigation facilities � Improving the management of the fisheries industry, by replenishing stock and exploring different marketing avenues � Improvement of infrastructure to facilitate agriculture, industry and trade � Decentralization of the COCOBOD scholarship award scheme � The implementation of a FAST (Food, Agri-business, Shelter and Technology) action plan, to ensure Ghanaians can feed themselves and produce enough for export � The implementation of the National Land Policy, first introduced in 1999, to manage the country�s land resources � The expansion of title registration to including farming communities, not only residential and commercial areas � Under the Forestry Plantation Project, assisting investors to go into industrial-scale tree farming in depleted forest reserves � The completion of the Aboadze Thermal plant and the Bui Hydro-Electric Project, to bring them to full capacity, and the promotion of renewable energy � The construction of additional petroleum pipelines � The distribution of mining royalties to mining communities � The integration of the informal sector into the mainstream economy � Further strengthening of government agencies � The creation of large commercial farms and plantations to employ thousands of workers |
� The provision of free basic education, including free tuition, textbooks and uniforms � Enacting legislation that will make it illegal for parents to not send their children to school � The outdooring of a FCUBE programme that will set out a target year by which every Ghanaian must be literate � Special tertiary education scholarships for needy students and incentives for students studying science and technology � The creation of a Teachers� Council to oversee teacher training institutions � Increased funding for Vocational and Technical Education � Pursuing a programme for non-formal education � The possible implementation of a proposal to withdraw professionals put of the Ghana Universal Salary Structure to solve the brain drain problem � The extension of the student loan scheme to include tertiary education |
� Establishing a modern regional hospital for each region � More training programmes to localize medical treatment for which Ghanaians often have to go abroad � The revision of the National Health Insurance Scheme � Providing more support to traditional medical practitioners to ensure they play a supportive role in healthcare delivery � The revival of the Environmental Sanitation policy, with a view to have central government provide more money for sanitation |
CPP |
� The active promotion of national and regional integration policies to augment and complement Ghana�s resource endowment � Increase in the percentage of national income distributed to the District Assemblies � The development of small irrigation sources for farming � Coordinate water resources at the national level � The introduction of land planning policies that ensure efficient delivery of housing � Increase power production facilities like the Bui project � The electrification of all rural areas � Exploring environmentally friendly energy sources � Supporting the formation of small-scale agricultural organization and mechanizing farming � Ensuring businesses can access capital cheaply � Establishing research and development as the backbone to national development � The creation of a science and technology village � Protection of the environment and support for responsible and beneficial mining � Support for public transit systems across the country |
� Supporting uninterrupted education to the tertiary level � Providing one meal a day to all students � Supporting the use of local languages as a medium of instruction � The introduction of French in addition to English as compulsory languages � Supporting ICT training in all secondary schools � Supporting the Polytechnics to play a greater role in manpower capacity building |
� Ensuring communities have access to potable water � Ensuring proper sanitation in villages, towns and cities � Retaining healthcare personnel in Ghana � Free care for the elderly and poor � Promoting quality healthcare access nationwide � Promoting research and development efforts in orthodox and traditional medicine � |