Tony Aidoo said the informal nature of Ghana's economy has been a major constraint to her development and therefore, needs a data plan.
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In an interview on Accra-based Starr FM about comments made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo concerning the need to create a database for the various sectors in the country's economy, Tony Aidoo said the informal nature of Ghana's economy has been a major constraint to her development and therefore, needs a data plan.
"Data is everything, my friend; it is not only for births and deaths, and not only for electoral register, it is not only for monitoring and evaluation, it is also for planning.
"You need data to plan; you look at a community: how many toilets do they have? Potable water availability, how much can we spend to provide those items? What about the neighbourhood community? All those are matters of data. You don’t plan without data; the so-called 40-year plan that was developed under the Mahama administration was to me, nonsense. How do you plan without data?" he queried.
In 2015, Mahama underscored the importance of long-term development plans to the socio-economic prosperity of nations when he launched 40-year national development plan for the country.
He added that while short and medium-term development plans are relevant, they are effective only if situated within long-term frameworks.
He said countries that had achieved high income growth and socio-economic prosperity were those who had implemented long-term development plans with some consistency, be it formal or informal.