{"id":11897,"date":"2026-01-08T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/11897\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:25:08","slug":"ghana-publishing-turns-fortunes-around-after-adopting-24-hour-economy-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/11897\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Publishing turns fortunes around after adopting 24-Hour Economy \u2013 MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Edward Acquah, GNA<\/p>\n

Accra, Jan. 8, GNA \u2013 The Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL) has achieved operational and financial stability after adopting the Government\u2019s 24-Hour Economy policy.<\/p>\n

Nana Kwasi Boatey, Managing Director of GPCL, disclosed this when President John Dramani Mahama visited the Company in Accra on Wednesday as part of his tour of selected state-owned media, publishing and printing institutions.<\/p>\n

He said the introduction of a two-shift, 24-hour production system had reversed years of operational challenges and helped avert job losses.<\/p>\n

Nana Boatey said management took inspiration from the Government\u2019s initiative and introduced a night shift, effectively creating two shifts, a move that saved about 100 jobs that would otherwise have been cut.<\/p>\n

He said the reforms had reduced turnaround time for the publication of gazettes from about eight weeks to three weeks, with a new 24-hour gazette service enabling applicants to receive documents within a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then, revenues have improved significantly. We have opened a new digital press centre, fully fabricated from what used to be a warehouse, and the financials of the company have also improved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nana Boatey disclosed that within 10 months, the Company had paid a 13th-month salary without borrowing, committed to a 40 per cent salary increase for staff, and placed GH\u00a215 million in fixed deposits.<\/p>\n

President Mahama commended management and the Board for the turnaround, noting that unlike other state-owned enterprises he had visited, Ghana Publishing was no longer seeking a bailout.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a long time, Ghana Publishing did not have a very good brand. But it is refreshing to see that this is no longer a tale of woe,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

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The President praised the adoption of the 24-Hour Economy model and encouraged the Company to be among the first to register under the proposed 24-Hour Economy Authority to benefit from incentives once Parliament approves the framework.<\/p>\n

He also welcomed efforts to position the Company as a leading printing brand, noting ongoing discussions to secure a significant share of government textbook and learning materials printing contracts to support further retooling.<\/p>\n

The GPCL is mandated to print, publish and disseminate government publications, including the Ghana Gazette, Acts of Parliament, Legislative Instruments, constitutional documents, budgets and other official state materials.<\/p>\n

The Company plays a critical role in giving legal effect to government notices and laws, while also providing commercial printing services to public and private institutions.<\/p>\n

President Mahama inaugurated a new Digital Press Centre for the GPCL as part of his visit.<\/p>\n

He had earlier toured the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and the Graphic Communications Group Limited.<\/p>\n

GNA<\/p>\n

Edited by Kenneth Sackey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Edward Acquah, GNA Accra, Jan. 8, GNA \u2013 The Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL) has achieved operational…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79,909],"class_list":{"0":"post-11897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-ghana","9":"tag-greater-accra-region"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}