Some years back, my colleagues and I discussed and actually tabled
the idea below for effective project execution in a series of articles.
There is an urgent Need for an Administrator/Assessor-General of all
government projects. The person(s) could conduct Risk Analysis on all
Government Projects.
The presidency should not become the strategic hub for policy
planning from a financial and technical point of view. Political
accountability resides in the executive, and that is enough. We concede
that for most strategic projects the requisite expertise may be spread
across multiple ministries, departments and agencies. The Cabinet Office
can be strengthened and given powers that allow it to coordinate
expertise across the civil service. We have centres of expertise that
could be asked to help government create a kind of ‘administrator
general’ role in the cabinet to vet all proposed projects. It goes
without saying that such a move can only succeed if it follows a
strengthening of the Cabinet Office to ensure coordination across the
technical, financial and political accountability functions of the
executive.
-And there are only three persons I see in the current government
that can perform such a task- Martin Amidu, Dr. Kunbuor and Dr. Tony
Aidoo. BUT should they be asked, they must be supported with the right
kind of resources, MENTAL (thinkers) and cash and crucially the power to
sanction renegades.
Happy New Year.
Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President, IMANI Ghana.
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