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Boko scraps NDP

Tuesday, July 01, 2025 | 400 Views |

Government has announced that it is scrapping the orthodox national planning blueprint, the National Development Plan (NDP), and replacing it with a new economic planning framework dubbed the National Transformation Programme (NTP).

The rationale behind the move, according to government, is to abandon broad-based planning in favour of target-driven national development.

President Duma Boko made the announcement at a high-level meeting of state-owned enterprise heads held this week in Gaborone. He revealed that government has instituted an “expert-led process” to design the NTP, which is intended to chart a clear, results-oriented path for Botswana’s economic future.

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Boko scraps NDP

Government has announced that it is scrapping the orthodox national planning blueprint, the National Development Plan (NDP), and replacing it with a new economic planning framework dubbed the National Transformation Programme (NTP).

Human rights are sacred

Bakgatla Ba Kgafela celebrate as Kgosi Kgafela’s charges are dropped

First Lady's office hosts second annual thanks giving ceremony

PSLE performance on upward trend

Bona Life tee-off Maruapula Loxion Golf journey

Cops arrest young man, seize dagga in Metsimotlhabe

Second Mogoditshane rape attack in two weeks

Suspected suicide behind Sir Seretse Khama Barracks

Human rights are sacred