Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister, has voiced concern that men would lose their wives as a result of not having enough time to spend the night with them under former President John Dramani Mahama’s proposed 24-hour economy.
If the proposed initiative is put into action, the Upper East Regional Minister claims, even farmers will be forced to work on their farms day and night, which will prevent them from spending time with their spouses at night.
When he made the claim, he was speaking at the 2023 Sekote Tenglebgre Festival by the Chiefs and People of Sekoti in the Nabdam District on behalf of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
“The vice president is saying that he understands the region. He says this 24-hour economy, my brothers; when we work in our farms and we are tired we have to sleep with our wives. We have to be with our wives.
“In the night you want us to go and be farming and then people will come and take our wives away? Naa, chairman we have to be careful with this 24-hour thing,” the Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu warned.
That’s the Upper East Regional Minister stating the NPP’s understanding of a 24Hour Economy. Man says it means he won’t sleep with his wife😓 pic.twitter.com/GXC1hRHXvi
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Mahama, recently reacted to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s assertions that the 24-hour economy is already in place.
John Mahama claims that some businesses that are open around-the-clock do not revoke a policy that offers incentives to those who choose to enroll.
According to Mr. Mahama, this policy will deal with the urgent problem of young Ghanaians traveling dangerously across the Mediterranean and Sahara in search of better opportunities in Europe.
However, detractors such as Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia argue that the policy is unclear and that Mr. Mahama is misleading Ghanaians about it.
In response, the former president addressed the matter in an interaction with St. Joseph’s College of Education students in Bechem as the ‘Building Ghana Tour’ got underway in the Ahafo Region.
He stated that interested institutions can voluntarily join the initiative.
