NDC’s promised 24-hour economy is a mere political gimmick

So far, all the explanations given for the promised introduction of a 24-hour economy in Ghana by John Dramani Mahama and those lower down the NDC hierarchy, including his chosen vice presidential candidate, do not make any sense. They sound utterly confused.

They are worse in their confusion than the confused meanders in the Amazon Forest.

They offered explanations for their understanding of a 24-hour economy as an engine of job creation for Ghanaians to drastically reduce unemployment in the country and a catalyst for the nation’s socio-economic improvement, making their policy a complete gimmick.

They are only fooling Ghanaians, the majority of whom are naïve about nation-building and economic development.

Sycophancy, partisanship, and political polarisation are preventing many Ghanaians from scrutinizing the hurriedly proposed and fed to the public 24-hour economy by known congenital or pathological NDC liars.

A 24-hour economy has existed for several years in Ghana but to a limited extent. Some factories had, or have, been working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on a shift pattern. We have the Accra-Kumasi-Accra V.I.P. bus stations in Accra and Kumasi working throughout the day and night.

However, many obstacles in Ghana may not allow for the level of operation of the 24-hour economy, as assured to Ghanaians by John Dramani Mahama, the master populist politician in Ghana.

There are not enough jobs for people for the day shift already. There are not enough factories in the country to require a shift pattern to absorb most of the unemployed. How then could John Mahama successfully establish a viable 24-hour economy in Ghana in the manner that he has promised, making many shallow-minded people give him a standing ovation?

The last time I heard him explain how, he said, he would provide electricity in areas along the roads where people sell bread to commuters so that their activity could continue throughout the night. Is it the best way he could solve unemployment by understanding the operation of a 24-hour economy?

The level of insecurity in the country must first be addressed to permit people to feel safe and secure enough to go out at night to work if there is any lawful work to do at all.

In Kumasi or Accra, during the night through dawn, one may not feel safe walking in certain areas. How then could they attend work at night if there were any?

The question of insecurity must first be addressed. What is the plan of John Mahama and the NDC to solve that problem as a first step to successfully bringing a viable 24-hour economy to Ghana?

Are there actually any appreciable night activities in Ghana, like nightclubs, bars, etc., that call for the employment of night workers to add to the successful operation of the intended introduction of a 24-hour economy?

Do we have public transport running at night to facilitate access to work for night workers? No. How is John Mahama going to resolve that issue?

Factories do employ people, and some factories, by nature, operate 24 hours a day.

President Nana Akufo-Addo, a visionary leader without equal, and his NPP government embarked on the industrialization of the country through their One District, One Factory programme. Nevertheless, the NDC, led by John Mahama, started rubbishing the programme, wishing it dead. Therefore, what is John Mahama going to do differently to create more jobs for the people so that some people will have to work at night?

How many corporate law firms of international standards and operation do we have in Ghana to have lawyers working at night and dealing with their international clients because of the world time zones? How many of such corporations employ around-the-clock security officers (watchmen), if there are any at all in Ghana?

Are they not the same NDC people who embarked on sabotaging the NPP government with their alleged market-burning spree, all with the intent to make the government unpopular?

Destroying places and activities that create jobs, how are they justified if they tell Ghanaians they will not only create jobs to employ many people during the day but also at night? Are they not hallucinating, if I may ask?

When you come to the Western civilized world, you will see the real operation of a 24-hour economy. You have some public buses, trains, and trams working until late or throughout the day and night. Police are patrolling the cities all day and all night to guarantee public safety. There are some supermarkets and stores operating throughout the night.

There are public and private office buildings that employ security officers 24/7 to ensure the protection of the lives of their staff members, the protection of property, and the prevention of crimes. They also employ day and night cleaners. How many such buildings in Ghana do we have doing that? Do the activities in Ghana call for such around-the-clock jobs?

Mr. Mahama and his bunch of populist NDC folks should come again to convince me how they are going to introduce a successful 24-hour economy and to what extent their explanations so far have made no sense to me.

Yes, nothing stops him from trying to create a 24-hour economy in Ghana, but how? It is not created simply by word of mouth, at the crack of one’s finger, or their abracadabra incantations.

Ghanaians, please don’t be fooled into believing the lies John Mahama and his lying NDC tongues tell you.

Those of us living abroad in big cities or industrial sites understand what a 24-hour economy is. Therefore, we just laugh when we see and hear Ghanaians applauding John Mahama for his promised introduction of a 24-hour economy in Ghana.

Had he previously not said that during elections he would tell the people half-truths provided that would turn your heart towards him to vote for him? Come on, Ghanaians!