The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), led by its Chairman, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, formally briefed the Economy and Development Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, as part of ongoing efforts to deepen understanding and enhance collaboration on national development planning. The Chairman also used the opportunity to brief the Committee on the interactions the Commission had with the Constitution Review Committee, the submissions made regarding the membership and participation of experts in the work of the Commission and the need to build consensus while keeping the focus on sustainable national development. He also re-iterated the President’s charge on the Commission to coordinate the preparation of a consolidated National Development Plan consulting widely on the few long-term development frameworks that have been developed in the recent past. 
During the engagement which tended to be very interactive, Chairman Dr. Thompson provided a comprehensive update on the Commission’s mandate, core responsibilities, and current initiatives, highlighting its central role in shaping and coordinating strategic research, development policy formulation, plan preparation as well as monitoring and evaluation across sectors and the sub-national levels of government. 
The Chairman highlighted the five strategic pillars of the Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework being prepared for implementation in 2026-2029, and the alignment that it would have with the President’s Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policy to ensure synergy and focus. He explained how the Commission has over the period worked with the Presidency to ensure a strategic balance between the manifesto of the government, the coordinated programme as well as the development policy framework without compromising on national development priorities. He was of the view that Parliament, through the Economy and Development Committee, would even help make the process more effective as NDPC works together more closely with Parliament, going forward. 
Dr. Thompson identified key areas where NDPC requires stronger backing from Parliament which include enhanced resource mobilisation efforts, advocacy for the implementation and performance reporting on approved national development plans, as well as the facilitation of inter-sectoral coordination including what pertains at the sub-national levels. He indicated his plans to engage with the Speaker and Leadership of Parliament; visit all the regions and connect with the Regional Representatives of the Commission at the sub-national level, to ignite a national drive towards making the Commission and its development imperatives more visible to the nation as a whole. The Chairman also spoke about arrangements to establish the Ghana Agency for Development Cooperation and how that initiative aligns with the Commission’s recent re-prioritisation on International Relations and the need to highlight that especially within the development partner community 
Given the work done on the Policy and Legislative Almanac, as well as the monitoring and reporting on the national, regional and global development imperatives, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson highlighted the need to collaborate with Parliament for policy and legislative coherence and stability across political cycles-a role Parliament could help reinforce through its legislative, evidence-based feedback and accountability mechanisms, including the use of Annual Progress Reports (APRs) and other analytical reports and policy briefs. 
In response, Hon. Eric Afful, Chairman of the Committee, reaffirmed his outfit’s commitment to supporting NDPC’s work. He recognised the critical role the Commission plays in aligning certified development plans with national priorities and pledged to champion stronger institutional linkages and visibility for NDPC and its outputs. 
In addition to requesting for a written presentation of the submission made by the Chairman of the Commission, Committee members made several suggestions to improve collaboration between Parliament and the Commission, including the institution of regular briefings, joint policy dialogues, and the establishment of a more formal mechanism for sustained engagement between the Committee and the Commission.