Newly appointed NPP National Youth Organiser Abanga Fusani Yakubu openly challenged the government’s 24-hour economy policy on Tuesday, pointing to a glaring contradiction: the office meant to regulate the initiative closes at 5pm.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, Abanga questioned how businesses operating late into the night would be monitored if the regulatory office shut its doors early. “Right. They promise a 24-hour economy, and the 24-hour economy, which even the office itself closes at 5 p.m. How can an office that is meant to regulate an office that is supposed to operate 24 hours close at 5 p.m.?” he asked.
He pressed further, asking who would oversee businesses running at unconventional hours. “Who is going to monitor the rest of the people that be working at dawn, at 2 a.m., at 12 midnight and stuff?” Abanga said.
The youth organiser accused the government of misleading Ghanaians through its policies, calling the claims “all scam lies that they lie to the Ghanaian people.”
Abanga expanded his criticism to the government’s use of social media, alleging that the current administration employed it to undermine the achievements of the previous NPP government led by former President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. “They use social media to sway away from the good policies and initiatives ex-President Akufo-Addo, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia did for this country by propagating lies and fake propaganda,” he said.
Fuel prices also came under scrutiny. “Yet today we can’t buy fuel. Prices of fuel have gone up GH¢20 and above,” Abanga said, without specifying the time frame for the price increase.
He cited cocoa prices as another point of contention. “My father is a go-go farmer. My mom is a cocoa farmer,” he said. “As I go further, Dr Mahmoud Baomia was buying cocoa for 3100 Ghana cedis. Today, cocoa prices have gone down. Now they are buying cocoa for GH¢2000.”
Abanga dismissed explanations involving global cocoa price fluctuations, arguing the government should have factored such realities into their promises. “They should not even mention anything about global prices. I don’t want to hear that, but they knew there was something called global prices whilst they made those promises,” he said.
He insisted the NPP must intensify grassroots efforts ahead of the 2028 elections. “It requires hard work. It requires sacrifice. It requires getting the right people on the ground to get the job done,” Abanga said.
Abanga pledged to lead the youth mobilisation across the country himself. “I’ll be moving. I promise them I’m not going to be an armchair National Youth Organiser. I’ll be joining them in their various regions, constituencies very soon,” he said.
The youth organiser framed the mobilisation as a campaign to secure victory for former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in 2028. “It’s the only solution for this country,” he said.
Abanga’s comments came less than two weeks after his election as National Youth Organiser, placing him in a prominent position within the party’s structure as it prepares for the next general election cycle.
According to Joy Online.
