Nana Kwame Bediako, founder and leader of The New Force, has stressed that Ghana cannot achieve a 24-hour economy without a strong emphasis on industrialization.
Speaking at the New Force Key Policy Launch on Sunday, September 1, Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar, criticized the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for proposing a 24-hour economy policy without first establishing factories and production plants.
He argued that the policy would be ineffective without the necessary infrastructure to support it. "A machine, a plant, is the only thing that can give you jobs in three different shifts-eight hours times three a day.
That is what I call a 24-hour economy," Bediako asserted.
He emphasized that industrialisation is essential for creating a round-the-clock economy, which cannot be achieved by simply extending working hours for traditional market vendors. "Who sells gari for 24 hours in Makola?
The women in Kejetia and Kantamanto cannot work for 24 hours.
It will take a factory, it will take a plant, and a production line to give three shifts a day.
No industrialisation, no 24-hour economy," he stated.