Africa-Press – Ghana. Madam Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba, Minister of State for Public Sector Reforms, has charged the newly inaugurated Technical Committee tasked to review the final National Public Sector Reform Strategy (NPSRS 2025-2029) draft to develop a strategy that meets the needs and aspirations of Ghanaians.
She said such a strategy was crucial in building an efficient, accountable and citizen-focused institutions to improve public service delivery.
“Let us work together to deliver a Strategy that will not only reform systems but also contribute to the building of the Ghana we all want,” she said.
The Minister, who is the Chairperson of the committee gave the charge when she inaugurated the Technical Committee, in Accra, on Wednesday.
The Committee is vice-chaired by Professor Justice Bawole, Dean, University of Ghana Business School.
Other notable names on the Committee are Dr Nii Moi Thompson, Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Mr Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Ghana Industries, and Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu, Principal Lecturer, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
The Committee is tasked with critically reviewing the draft NPSRS 2025-2029 and provide substantive inputs; ensuring the strategy aligned with national and sectorial policies including the 2026-2029 Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework.
Additionally, it is expected to integrate feedback from stakeholder consultations and make actionable, measurable and sustainable reform recommendations.
Madam Akanvariba said the inauguration of the committee signified the Government’s commitment to transform the public sector into a more effective, accountable and citizen-centred one to deliver better services to the public.
When passed, the new strategy would serve as the national blueprint to carry out a sweeping reform across the public sector over the next five years, the Minister said.
The Public Sector Reform Secretariat developed Ghana’s first comprehensive NPSRS, in 2016, to guide reform interventions.
The Strategy was, however, reviewed in 2017, to reduce the time-frame for its implementation from 10 to five years, with a focus on re-orienting public sector actors and institutions to provide the enabling environment for private sector growth through improved public sector performance.
Mrs Thelma Ohene-Asiamah, Director, General Administration at the Public Sector Reforms Secretariat, said the previous strategy (NPSRS 2018-2023), was key in developing the new strategy.
The Technical Committee, she said, would be important in ensuring that the new strategy was “comprehensive, inclusive and well-aligned” with national goals and international standards.
She, therefore, urged the committee members to work with unity, shared responsibility and collaboration.
“Let’s us harness our collective expertise and experience to co-create a strategy that truly transforms our public sector for the better,” Mrs Ohene-Asiamah urged.
Professor Bawole, the vice-chair of the Committee, said they would focus on three key areas of public service delivery to enhance services and reduce corruption perception in the public sector.
These are the purpose of public services, the processes involved in public service delivery and the people who deliver those services.
“…by the time we finish with the three Ps, as we call it, the purpose, processes, and people, we would have succeeded clearly in reducing the perception about corruption,” Prof Bawole said.
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