"Effectiveness of the politicized public-private partnership policy" – Study

General News of Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-04-10

A study on the effectiveness of Ghana's public-private partnership policy concluded that this policy was politicized.

Affiliation to a politician or district leader in choosing the private partner has been documented as a key consideration.

In addition, there is a lack of transparency in the process of obtaining the investor / private partner and in the process of project implementation, while the beneficiaries of such projects have also been found to be biased in favor of those who were affiliated with politicians.

The publication

The publication, which results from a qualitative study on the subject, entitled "Public-Private Partnerships in Ghana: Questioning the Effectiveness of a Conveniently Convenient Practice," and was launched at Accra last friday.

The study was conducted by Dr. Seidu Alidu, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana, and published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), a German nonprofit social democracy organization.

PPP mapping

In his presentation on the highlights of the study, Mr. Alidu indicated that a first mapping of the PPP aimed at identifying communities in which such projects were in various stages of completion had been completed.

Focus groups and key informant interviews were then conducted with members of the community, local authorities, the private sector, market women and some beneficiaries.

Replies

Responses showed that, apart from the politicization of politics and the lack of transparency, these projects were often outsourced to a single provider and were not subject to any appeals process. d & # 39; offers.

The study found that the PPP guidelines developed by the government were not decentralized to meet local needs in the development project.

Local authorities have used their intuition to make decisions about such projects.

Battle

The study also highlighted and documented problems related to land administration and ownership.

According to Dr. Alidu, some of the investors interviewed have had to deal with requests for money and demands from local authorities and chiefs, who have the right to continue the contract.

He added that the local authorities questioned about the projects were not open with the costs either.

Mr. Alidu, in his recommendation, urged local authorities to build their capacity so that they can skillfully conduct value-for-money badysis for such projects.

He urged the policy to be de-politicized, as in the study they had discovered some good practices in which the policy had been used for the purpose of providing development goods and services equitably.

Ghana School Project

A representative of a coalition of teacher unions and badociations composed of GNAT, NAGRAT, TEWU and the Coalition of Concerned Teaches Association opposing the privatization and commercialization of Public schools, Mr. Samuel Frank Dadzie, in his presentation on Ghana's partner schools (GPS), a government policy, said it was a form of PPP in education.