A Development Policy Analyst and Deputy Director of Research of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bono Region, Abdul Razak Chacha, has dismissed claims that the party’s much-touted 24-hour economy policy was intended to be implemented as a one-off event.
According to him, the 24-hour economy is a process rather than an event, with the stabilisation of the economy serving as the foundation for its successful implementation.
He pointed out that the government’s efforts to stabilise the economy were already creating conditions for businesses to return to Ghana and generate employment opportunities for citizens.
Speaking on Angel TV’s Anopa Bofoɔ show, Mr Chacha insisted that the NDC never promised Ghanaians an immediate event-based implementation of the policy as perceived by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“Nobody said the 24-hour economy was an event. Did we [say] it was an event? It is a process, and the foundation is the stabilisation of the economy,” he said on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
His comments were in response to criticisms, particularly from members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who have argued that the 24-hour economy policy has failed to achieve its intended purpose and deliver on its implementation promises.
Mr. Chacha accused the previous NPP government for collapsing Ghana’s eonomy, undermining the country’s credibility with international financial institutions and making them reluctant to extend financial assistance.
“We lived in an economy where the international market said they were not lending Ghana money, but today, the same market is lending us money. Companies were running away, but now that we have stabilised the economy, these same companies are coming back to employ Ghanaians.”
H e declared that “That is what we call the foundation of the 24-hour economy. The NDC did not assume power to deceive Ghanaians like the NPP did with lies,” he stated.
