Government policy to be more human-centered

The Daily Graphic in its lead story, reports the Minister of Communications, Mr John Mahama, as disclosing that the focus of government policy will now be towards more human-centered development. He said this would involve a conscious effort to improve incomes, create jobs and strengthen the earning capacities of the people to enhance their living standards.

The Minister is said to have made this disclosure on a "Joy FM" programme 'Front Page', at the weekend. According to Mr Mahama, the emphasis of the government over the past one and half decades has been to build a strong infrastructural base upon which the socio-economic take-off of Ghana would be based.

He is quoted as noting that infrastructure such as electricity, potable water, good roads hospitals and schools, have taken up an overwhelming proportion of national resources, leaving relatively smaller amounts for improving the personal emoluments and other areas of needs for the people.

The Minister said that with the laying of such a strong foundation, the government in the next coming years, especially in the year 2000 and beyond, would institute a social safety net and strengthen the means of livelihood for Ghanaians, making them more comfortable than they are at present.