The above National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has said that every nation that sleeps becomes a poor country

Speaking on Star Chat with Bola Ray, the above National Chairman declared that the NDC has abstruse from added developed nations and would apparatus a 24-hour abridgement to actuate Ghana's economy

"It is actual simple. You see, any nation that sleeps becomes a poor country. Any nation that sleeps becomes a poor country," Dr. Ampofo stated

According to him, Ghana has been activity through accident for decades now because the nation lacks some bread-and-butter behavior such as a 24-hour economy

"We are poor because we sleep. We assignment eight hours and we sleep, we sleep. The accomplished night everybody is sleeping. And back you beddy-bye as a nation, you become a poor country

"That is why association is progressive. And so you move from one akin to addition level, and addition level, and addition level. The added your abridgement is growing, the added you are accretion your economy, and the added you accept abundant ability in balance to be able to accomplish added industries and employment, the added you are expanding

"You don't accept to sleep. You don't accept to beddy-bye because, look, in the accomplished world, America doesn't sleep, the UK doesn't sleep, Germany doesn't sleep, China doesn't sleep, India doesn't sleep. Africa, we are sleeping. That's why Africa is poor." The 24-hour abridgement will be mainly anchored on the National Democratic Congress flagbearer, John Mahama's overarching eyes to actualize acceptable jobs for Ghanaians

This will be accomplished through his calendar to: improve and mechanize agriculture; accommodate incentives for the clandestine area to thrive; advance agro-processing and manufacturing; and transform Ghana into an acceptation barter and export-led economy, amid others