Lamtiig Apanga, the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, has revealed that government will name more agencies expected to adopt the 1-3-3 shift system by the end of 2026.
According to Lamtiig Apanga, the government is currently reviewing various sectors and public institutions to determine which ones can effectively operate under the shift arrangement.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Wednesday, September 16, Lamtiig Apanga stated, “There are reviews of certain sectors of the economy, and particular agencies, that can accommodate the 1-3-3 shift system. In no time, government will announce that”.
“It’s difficult for me to give specific timelines, but I can assure you that hopefully, by the close of the year, government will make a specific pronouncement,” he said.
He further claimed that the system is already being implemented at some public institutions, including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), the National Identification Authority (NIA), and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
“We’ve already seen similar things going on. At DVLA, we’ve seen this at the National Identification Authority as well. We’ve seen this at National Health Insurance as well. We’re extending” he added.
However, a Member of Parliament for Tamale Central and a member of Parliament’s Works and Housing and Finance Committees, Prof Seidu Mahama Alidu, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) widely publicised “1-3-3 jobs” slogan was a statement used to explain the party’s proposed 24-hour economy policy and was not a campaign promise to create jobs in that specific format.
According to the NDC MP, the party did not promise Ghanaians that it would create “1-3-3 jobs.”
He argued that the format was used during the 2024 election campaign as an illustrative explanation of how the proposed 24-hour economy policy would operate.
Speaking during a panel discussion on the GTV Breakfast Show on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, NPP member Ofosu Boakye challenged the government to account for what had become of what he described as the NDC’s “1-3-3 jobs” promise.
The NPP man, in his commentary, argued that the promise was incorporated into the NDC’s 2024 manifesto and policy messaging around the 24-hour economy.
Ofosu Boakye noted that the party presented the system as one in which a job could be organised across three shifts and performed by three different people.
“Let us not trivialise the argument. You promised giving Ghanaians a 1-3-3 job,” Ofosu Boakye stated.
However, the Tamale MP strongly rejected the description, claiming that the phrase did not comprise a formal policy promise to Ghanaians.
Prof Seidu Mahama Alidu stated, “In which policy report? No, no, I won’t let you go with this. It was a statement that was made in an explanation”.
The Tamale Central MP maintained that the “1-3-3” expression was intended to help explain the concept of the 24-hour economy rather than serve as a standalone employment pledge.
Meanwhile, Dr Stephen Issaka, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication Team, has explained that the Mahama government 1:3:3 shift system will come at the very end of the 24-Hour Economy policy.
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