The All People’s Congress (APC) founder, Dr. Hassan Ayariga, has claimed ownership of the 24-hour economy policy.
He claimed that the widely discussed policy was one he included in the APC’s 2020 manifesto.
According to onuaonline.com, Dr. Hassan Ayariga lamented that the policy had become a topic of national debate due to references to it made by former President Mahama and his party.
The 2020 presidential candidate then went on to offer proof for his assertion, pointing to a section in his manifesto where he promised to implement a three-shift, 24-hour production schedule.
The next NDC government, according to former president John Dramani Mahama, would implement policies encouraging businesses in Ghana to remain open for business twenty-four hours a day.
He clarified that as part of the policy measure, businesses would be given incentives to operate day and night, potentially in three shifts, which would result in more jobs for Ghana’s young people who work well together.
He continued by saying that having a police force that can guarantee business protection during the night economy is essential to putting the 24-hour economy plan into action.
In other news, the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration has come under fire from National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer Mahama for cracking down on dissent.
He claimed that criticism of Ghanaians and free speech have been suppressed by the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
During his “Building Ghana Tour,” he stressed the importance of preserving democracy in the nation while addressing a durbar of students in the Ahafo Region.
“In any democracy in any country, the right to free speech is very important. And free expression, when you suppress it, when things go wrong, you don’t know. At the time I was president, we allowed people to speak freely. And so, if things were not going well in schools, the headmasters and the teachers could complain and could talk.
