Regional Consultation on the Longterm National Development Plan

1 STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT CONSOLIDATED POPULAR PARTY (GCPP) AT THE ASHANTI REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE FORUM ON THE LONGTERM NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Delivered by Dr. Henry Lartey, Flagbearer of the GCPP Date: 13th August, 2015 Venue: Crystal Rose Hotel, Kumasi -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mr. Chairman, Your Royal Highness [Omanhene of the Kumawu Traditional Area], All Protocol observed; Greetings to Dr. Nii Moi Thompson. “Ghana, Ghana, Ghana, oseeeyieee! Yeeeeyy yeeyy, Ghana oo yeyyy, Ghana oo yey ayey”. People do not plan to fail, they fail to plan. I’m so pleased that we are planning now. When you look at Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew developed Singapore with no resources, no mineral resources and its one of the best in the world. Look at the resources that we have. So when we plan properly, and we use domestication – eat what you grow, grow what you eat – we will get there. I want all of you to put your strength and ideas, the immense human skills that Ghanaians have, let’s put it to the test now and let’s make sure with our human resources we do much better than Singapore. Thank you very much.

REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON THE LONG-TERM NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Statement by the GCPP ©NDPC, 13th August 2015