NPP GERMANY
PRESS RELEASE
09—02—2026
24 Hour Economy Now 24 Hour Disappointment, 24 Hour Confusion, Political Spins With Empty Hopes—NPP GERMANY
NPP GERMANY branch, has observed with eagle eye and keen interest that the so-called 24-hour economy of the ruling NDC, has become the most cynical political slogan Ghana has heard in decades—loud in opposition, hollow in government, and humiliating in execution.
What was marketed as a bold jobs revolution has collapsed into a talking point factory with nothing tangible to show for it.
President John Mahama sold hope to desperate young Ghanaians, promising round-the-clock productivity, mass employment, and a transformed economy.
Today, that hope lies in tatters, replaced by unemployment queues, silence from Jubilee House, and excuses dressed up as policy reviews.
A whole 24-Hour Economy Secretariat has been set up—offices, titles, press briefings, photo-ops, and allowances—yet not a single credible nationwide jobs programme can be pointed to.
How does a government create bureaucracy faster than employment in a country drowning in youth unemployment?
Where are the factories working through the night? Where are the transport systems expanded to support shift work?
Where are the incentives for private businesses to operate 24/7? Or was the plan always just a slogan meant to win votes and nothing more?
Ghanaian youth did not vote for a secretariat economy; they voted for jobs.
They did not queue in the sun to endorse press statements; they voted for pay slips, dignity, and opportunity.
So why are they now being served explanations instead of employment?
The tragedy deepens when NDC communicators who once spoke with chest now whisper contradictions.
Sammy Gyamfi and others who aggressively sold the 24-hour economy as an instant job creator are suddenly changing tune—redefining, re-explaining, and retreating from their own words.
Is this the same policy they swore would absorb the unemployed youth? Is this the same promise they mocked critics for questioning?
Or is this another classic NDC bait-and-switch—promise heaven, deliver footnotes?
How can a government win power in 2024 on a jobs-centric message and then, barely months in, begin telling Ghanaians to “lower expectations”?
Who changed the script—was it economic reality or political dishonesty?
If the 24-hour economy was never meant to immediately create jobs, why was it sold as the silver bullet for unemployment?
Why were struggling graduates and artisans used as campaign props? Why was truth sacrificed on the altar of electoral victory?
Is the President unaware of the growing anger on the streets, or is he simply indifferent? Does he think hungry graduates care about policy frameworks without pay?
Does he believe unemployed youth can survive on PowerPoint slides?
The NDC cannot hide behind technical jargon forever. Governance is not an academic seminar; it is a practical responsibility.
When promises fail, excuses insult the intelligence of the people.
How many jobs has the 24-hour economy created—ten, a hundred, a thousand? Can the government name even one sector where measurable employment has occurred as a direct result of this flagship policy?
If the policy is still “being rolled out,” why was it loudly declared ready during the campaign? If it needs years to mature, why was it marketed as urgent relief for unemployed youth?
Are Ghanaians supposed to applaud a government for setting up offices instead of outcomes?
Are we meant to celebrate press conferences instead of paychecks? Is this what “experienced leadership” has been reduced to?
The silence from the Presidency is deafening, while communicators scramble to rewrite history. But the internet remembers.
The videos exist. The promises were recorded. You cannot gaslight a nation that is living the consequences.
President Mahama owes the youth of Ghana more than slogans and shifting narratives. He owes them honesty.
He owes them accountability. And above all, he owes them the jobs he promised with such confidence.
How long should graduates wait before the truth is admitted?
How many families must struggle before responsibility is taken? How many contradictions must Sammy Gyamfi and others utter before credibility is completely exhausted?
This is not opposition propaganda; this is lived reality. Markets are not running 24 hours. Industries are not hiring in shifts. Youth are not being absorbed. Only disappointment is operating full-time.
The 24-hour economy, as being trumpeted by the NDC, has so far been a 24-hour disappointment—active in talk, dormant in action. And Ghanaians are no longer buying the spin.
The begging questions remain unavoidable: Where are the jobs? Where is the impact?
Where is the honesty? And how long does the NDC expect unemployed Ghanaian youth to survive on broken promises and recycled explanations?
God Bless Our Homeland Ghana!!!
Long Live Ghana, long live the Elephant Party!!!!
Kukruduuuu Eeeessshiii!!!
Signed:
Nana Osei Boateng
NPP GERMANY
Communications Director
