Mahama’s 24-hour Economy is a Borrowed Concept from Kenya – Ex-NDC Executive
Stephen Ashitey Adjei, the plain-talking former executive of the National Democratic Congress in Tema East constituency, has accused former President John Mahama of being poor at innovation.
In a write-up on social media, Mr. Ashitey Adjei, who is popularly called Moshake, pointed out that the NDC Presidential candidate’s main campaign message, the 24-hour economy, is the main proof that Mr. John Mahama is not an innovative thinker.
“First of all, all economies in the world are naturally running 24-hour economies, except for those that are ruled by Military juntas which enforce curfews.
Secondly, the concept of using government to steer this 24-hour economy is a borrowed lie from Kenya which is only contemplating the concept and has not even started implementing it,” Moshake wrote.
According to him, Mr. John Mahama is proposing that Ghana do something that another African country is contemplating on doing without knowing the repercussion.
“When you naturally have your economy running on a 24-hour basis and you have somebody who says that when he comes he will implement the same thing, you know he is only setting up a lie to use for either looting the economy or wasting public money ,” Moshake wrote.
According to him, if even for argument sake, it is proven that Mr. John Mahama really is sincere about running a 24-hour economy with state funds, the fact that it has not been successfully tested in Africa makes his proposition reckless.
Moshake added that Kenya’s contemplation of running such an economy does not mean that the country will definitely do it, and that Mr. John Mahama’s decision to jump ahead of implementation by Kenya from where he took the concept is equally reckless.
“The 24-hour economy is a fanciful, phantom concept that Kenya says it is contemplating. The fact that that country is still contemplating it shows how amorphous the whole concept is, for if it was indeed something worthwhile, the country would have run with it instead of contemplating it for years.
And so, to just steal that concept and come and sell it here in Ghana for votes is not only cheap but also very reckless because you are willing to commit the country to a concept that has not been proven in Africa,” Moshake wrote.
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