By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave
Presidential Candidate of the New Vision Movement, Kofi Koranteng reveals that Ghana lacks the necessary components for a 24-hour economy, specifically calling out the need for connectivity, complexity, and competency.
He argues that without addressing corruption, a 24-hour economy would only lead to “24-hour corruption”
Koranteng emphasizes that no other country has implemented a 24-hour economy, making Ghana’s attempt futile without the right foundation.
He uses a thought-provoking analogy, “It doesn’t serve the country to bring a bigger basket to fetch water if the basket already leaks,” to drive home the importance of fixing underlying issues before expanding economic operations. Koranteng also questions the effectiveness of a large labor force if they lack competence.
In an attempt to ridicule the NDC for their main policy of a 24-hour economy, he mentioned that, if Ghana does not solve her problem of corruption, the 24-hour economy will be useless because it will only bring about 24-hour corruption.
According to him, If there is no connectivity, complexity, and competency, we can not build a 24-hour economy’’.
Speaking in an interview on GTV Breakfast, he ended by asking if a country has a labor force of a thousand million people and they are incompetent, what will they be doing?
He added that, even If everyone in Ghana is working, it does not mean everyone will make money.