Sunday 17 December 2023

What are some of the key prerequisites for a successful transition to a 24-hour econony?

What, dear critical-reader, are some of the pivotal prerequisites, for a successful transition to a 24-hour economy, in any plan anchoring it?

To begin with, aside from round the clock power supply, the bulk of which ought to be emission-free off-grid renewal green  power, and the availability of treated water supplies nationwide, 24/7, 365 days annually,   security needs to be available, and assured, too, 24/7 365 days, annually, in order to make all the hours in the 24-hour economy,  safe to work in, and carry out business, in, does it not, dear critical-reader?

In that light, one of the key ideas is to merge all the non military security agencies into a fourth armed service, of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), personnel of which will enjoy the same terms and conditions of employment given to those of the three existing armed services, the Army, Navy and Air Force.

By merging the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Immigration Service, the Ghana Prison Service and the Ghana National Fire Service, into the Homeland Force, its personnel in the Homeland Force's specialised units, can act in unison, whenever that is necessary, in dealing with emergency situations.

The Commander of the Homeland Force, will also join the rotational-que for becoming the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Military High Command, of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Of necessity, too, will be swift  measures to decriminalise certain misdemeanours and crimes,  such as passing legislation to decriminalise smoking, and dealing, in marijuana or India hemp. Ditto allow farming industrial hemp to  also be legalised nationwide. The freed resources currently deployed to fight those crimes, can then be used by the Homeland Force, to ensure security for a nation running a 24-hour economy. Simple.

Passing legislation making the farming of  Indian hemp, and industrial hemp, lawful agrisector ventures, across Ghana, will also help  increase tax revenues  considerably, and widen the tax net exponentially,  too, will they not, dear critical-reader - while increasing the quantum of resources allocated to the nation building task by governments of the day? Yes? No?  Simple.

Furthermore,  dear critical reader, it would  appear that the farming, processing and exporting of  products made from manufacturing Indian hemp  and industrial hemp, could also generate jobs galore, create wealth for local green economy entrepreneurs, which will help transform rural Ghana into a prosperous  and happy part of our Republic, ditto help balance our perennial negative trade balance,   and increase our GDP significantly, on top, too, oooo, Ghanafuor. Simple.

Another key prerequisite for a 24-hour economy,  will be to improve productivity in businesses nationwide, as well as putting Ghana on the world map, by lowering tax rates sufficiently, to make Ghana the nation with the world's lowest personal, and corporate tax rates  (a miniscule 4% in both cases), to help  make the 24-hour economy idea,  an innovation whose time has  finally now come, lol. Simple.

Another prerequisite of the 24-hour economy,  is legislation to lower the legal age of workers to 16, and allowing that demographic to vote at that selfsame age, too,  for candidates of their choice  (to be restricted to candidates selected in primaries, by the only legally  permitted two state sponsored political parties to be allowed to operate in Ghana, henceforth - the United Party, of the colonial era opposition leader,  the late Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia, who became Ghana's leader in the 3rd Republic, and  the Convention People's Party, of President Nkrumah, both of which will be the only political parties allowed and required to form governments of national unity, in order to attract full public funding of the entirety of their operations,  after every 6-year presidential and parliamentary voting cycle ends, and a new President (whose Cabinet and other ministers will not be parliamentarians),   and new parliamentarians, are sworn into office, will ensure peace and stability, in all parts of the landmass of our sovereign Republic. Simple.

Last,  but not the least, dear critical-reader, will be to  get all the Global North nations to work closely with the African Union, and Ghana, to cost and draw up plans for paying in advance,  at least USD5 billion,  to implement a Ghanaian equivalent, and version, of the Marshall Plan that America drew up, to fund the rebuilding of Europe, after the Second World War, to  transform the Central Region's Gomoa Buduburam Camp Liberia refugee settlement area, into a world-class purpose built climate resilient  green refugee settlement town,  built in concentric rings around a core green adventure park, with forested high rise apartment blocks sited in walled compounds, with fruit forest gardens, and a concrete dualised road network, all lined with fruit trees, such as coconuts, mangoes,  oranges, breadfruit, papaya, bananas, guava, oil palm fruit, etc., etc.,  where refugees who are from all Global South nations, deported from Global North nations, can be given temporary asylum, in, till they can be returned safely to their own home  nations, voluntarily - and all of whom will be allowed to find jobs,  and create businesses, in the 24-hour economy, too. Simple. All the aforementioned, dear  critical-reader, are some  of the pivotal requirements for a successful transition to a 24-hour economy. Full stop. Case closed. A word to the wise - yooooooooo...

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