The National Planning Commission (NPC) has been allocated a N$283 million budget, a move Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare hailed as key to fulfilling the objectives of the sixth National Development Plan (NDP6).
The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development launched its strategic plan 2025/26 to 2029/30 in Windhoek today.
The plan will serve as its management and implementation tool towards its achievements for Vision 2030 and the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6).
The Prime Minister emphasised the need to create synergy among the spokespersons for government offices, ministries and agencies and discourage these officials from working in silos.
One of the candidates gunning for a councillor position at Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency in the upcoming polls, Shepherd Nyambe, said that his manifesto focus is aligned with the National Development Plan – NDP6.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has promised to ensure the decongestion of overpopulated informal settlements through the informal settlement upgrading programme.
President Nandi-Ndaitwah promised this during a meet-and-greet of Swapo Party members and sympathisers along the B1 road in Otavi.
The Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, said progressive trade fairs and expos are proof of a blueprint for community-driven development that mirrors Namibia's collective ambition under the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) and Africa's shared dream under Agenda 2063.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has highlighted the significance of trade fairs, by emphasising that they go beyond buying and selling.
Witbooi shared this during the official opening of the Rundu Annual Trade Fair, noting that trade fairs empower and strengthen regional economic growth.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged the public and private sectors, as well as other stakeholders, to collectively address the challenges hindering Namibia's prosperity.
Nandi-Ndaitwah made the appeal when she opened the first-ever Namibia Public-Private Forum (NamPPF) in Windhoek.
The government has emphasised that it recognises the importance of engaging the legislature in the implementation of national development plans and programmes.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah stressed this during a consultative meeting with the leadership of the All People's Party, APP, at State House.
Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate has reminded traditional authorities that it's high time they acquaint themselves with the seven pillars of the Sixth National Development Plan (NDP6) to address regional development.
Nganate made this remark at the annual Okeseta Commemoration Day.
