Professor Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, the Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on Monday called on Technical Universities (TUs) in the country to support the nation to realise the 24-hour economy.

He said the implementation and success of the 24-hour economy hinged on robust industrialization, saying "the nation can't have an all-year and all-day round economy without the drivers of that agenda which is vocational and technical education".

Prof Abdulai made the call in an interview with the Sompa FM on the side-lines of the opening session of the 49th delegates' congress of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) underway in Sunyani.

The two-day congress, being attended by the Vice Chancellors of the various TUs and some tutors, is on the theme "technical university governance: strengthening partnerships for institutional growth".

Prof Abdulai said with the 24-hour economy, the TUs ought to position themselves well and rolled-out market and employment-oriented programmes which were competent-based, hands on, and technologically driven.

With those programmes, he said GTEC would also fast-track accreditation processes so that the TUs could churn out a quality human resources base that would push industrialization drive and thereby support the 24-hour economy.

Prof Abdulai commended TUTAG for their role in advancing the progress of technical education in the country, saying he was highly optimistic that with the support of TUs, the government's 24-hour economy would be a realisation.

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