Former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing and ex-Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Yaw Adusei, announced that the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) government led by John Dramani Mahama will create a secretariat to ensure the 24-Hour Economy Policy is put into effect.
During an appearance on Top Radio’s Final Point programme with host Kwabena Owusu Agyemang, he highlighted that the policy will primarily focus on the economy’s three key sectors: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
He explained that the policy’s implementation would be both gradual and incremental, utilizing ministries, departments, agencies, and the private sector as the main channels.
He also mentioned that, initially, the secretariat will launch a “roadshow” to engage relevant stakeholders across the country, aiming to encourage widespread adoption of the policy by companies and individuals.
“So the government is going to be deliberate about it; it’s going to have its secretariat aside from the agricultural policies we intend to introduce,” he stated.
He characterized the policy as an innovative initiative by John Dramani Mahama aimed at growing the economy and creating job opportunities outside traditional working hours.
“It is not a policy that is out of place to have some people like Bawumia describe it as empty. It cannot be empty. How is a 24-hour economy empty? Most countries are practising it. When you go to the UK, it is practised there,” he said.