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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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