Policy Design and Implementation needs greater Dialogue to improve development - Banda DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Banda District Assembly in the Bono Region, Mr. Emmanuel Akoneh, has said there is the need to make greater dialogues to mitigate the risks associated with Stakeholders and citizens' behavior during the implementation of programs or policies by the government.

According to him, public consultations are needed as the formal process through which citizens and stakeholders give their feedback and views on policies, plans, proposals, and laws presented by the government at various stages of policy development, therefore urging the government to typically involve stakeholders' response to something presented to the nation.

Speaking on Tain FM monitored by the Soireenews.com the District Chief Executive added that there is a range of techniques and methods to consult citizens and stakeholders, including workshops, written comments, focus groups, public meetings, etc to hear issues that matter to citizens.

"I will say that it is critical to push for and constructively use any civil society space in government processes, if not, the government's programs and policies needed to implement will be retard and cause failure in governance", the DCE stressed.

Mr. Akoneh expressed that, when selected key events in the implementation of policies are illustrated and debated, it will avoid the creation of chokepoints.

"There are arms of the government which make processes of implementing policies, the executives and the legislative (parliament), and when a bill is put before the house, there is the need of the parliamentarians to consult the populates to get their concerns, but partisan politics on the raise affect this procedure", he cried out. 

He added that many the populates listen to their political leaders, and therefore whatever the leaders say, whether good or bad, they just follow.

Mr. Akoneh continued that policy dialogue provides a framework for improving mutual understanding and finding common ground to resolve change.

The DCE concluded that if the government is poised to influence the policy process on knowledge and innovation, political and economic context, and legal framework, it will factorize the development of the country.