Accra: Madam Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba, Minister of State for Public Sector Reforms, has charged the newly inaugurated Technical Committee 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 emphasized that such a strategy is crucial for building efficient, accountable, and citizen-focused institutions to improve public service delivery.
According to Ghana News Agency, the Minister, who is the Chairperson of the committee, inaugurated the Technical Committee in Accra. The Committee is vice-chaired by Professor Justice Bawole, Dean of the University of Ghana Business School, and includes notable members such as Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Mr. Seth Twum-Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Ghana Industries, and Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu, Principal Lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.
The Committee is tasked with critically reviewing the draft NPSRS 2025-2029 and providing substantive inputs to ensure the strategy aligns 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 stated that the inauguration of the committee signifies the Government's commitment to transforming the public sector into a more effective, accountable, and citizen-centered one to deliver better services to the public. Once passed, the new strategy would serve as the national blueprint to carry out sweeping reforms across the public sector over the next five years.
The Public Sector Reform Secretariat developed Ghana's first comprehensive NPSRS in 2016 to guide reform interventions. The Strategy was reviewed in 2017 to reduce the implementation time-frame from ten to five years, focusing on re-orienting public sector actors and institutions to provide an enabling environment for private sector growth through improved public sector performance.
Mrs. Thelma Ohene-Asiamah, Director of General Administration at the Public Sector Reforms Secretariat, highlighted that the previous strategy (NPSRS 2018-2023) was key in developing the new strategy. She emphasized the importance of the Technical Committee in ensuring that the new strategy is 'comprehensive, inclusive, and well-aligned' with national goals and international standards. She urged the committee members to work with unity, shared responsibility, and collaboration.
Professor Bawole, the vice-chair of the Committee, stated that they would focus on three key areas of public service delivery to enhance services and reduce corruption perception in the public sector. These areas 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 stated.
