A former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing and former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Yaw Adusei, has highlighted that the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) government plans to establish a secretariat dedicated to implementing the 24-Hour Economy Policy.

During an appearance on Top Radio's Final Point program hosted by Kwabena Owusu Agyemang, he underscored that the policy will focus primarily on enhancing activities across the economy's three main sectors: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Mr Adusei emphasized that the implementation approach will be gradual and incremental, involving collaboration with ministries, departments, agencies, and the private sector.

He outlined plans for an initial "roadshow" by the Secretariat to engage stakeholders nationwide and encourage widespread adoption of the policy among businesses 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.

Adusei described the policy as an innovative initiative by John Dramani Mahama aimed at expanding the economy and creating job opportunities beyond 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.