Presidential Advisor on the 24-Hour Economy, Mr. Goosie Tanoh, has described Ghana’s Civil Service as the most critical institution in the successful delivery of the country’s bold economic transformation agenda. He noted that while political leaders may set the direction, it is the public service that turns national strategy into real-life outcomes for citizens.
Speaking at the Strategic Integration Workshop in Accra, Mr. Tanoh delivered a call to action, urging civil servants to own the 24H+ vision and drive it with discipline, innovation, and measurable results.
“The Civil Service is the key player in this process. You are the custodians of continuity, the translators of vision into policy, and the executors of delivery. Political leadership can set direction, but it is the Service that makes strategy breathe in the daily lives of citizens,” he said.
Mr. Tanoh argued that the success or failure of the 24-Hour Economy will depend on the strength of public sector leadership and cross-agency collaboration: “The success of the 24H+ will stand or fall on our collective ability, as a unified public administration, to deliver results.”
He called for a shift in mindset from rule-based management to result-based leadership: “We must measure success not by effort, but by outcomes. Not by process, but by impact. And we must hold ourselves accountable, because the Ghanaian people will.”
The Presidential Advisor stressed that this reform effort will only succeed if the civil service actively champions it, not as a directive from above but as a professional and patriotic duty.
“This workshop is not the end of the conversation; it is the beginning of a process of alignment and joint delivery. Let us demonstrate that the Civil Service is not an obstacle to transformation, but its engine,” he argued.
He challenged all MDAs to transform themselves from administrators of narrow mandates into architects of national transformation. “It requires humility to collaborate, discipline to execute, and courage to innovate.”
Mr. Tanoh reminder all stakeholders of the shared responsibility ahead: “Together, we can make the 24-Hour Economy not just a policy, but a lived reality for every Ghanaian household. That is the President’s vision. That is our mandate. And that is the duty of history that has fallen upon our shoulders.”
