Between January 2017 and March 2018, the New Patriotic Party government has facilitated the creation of 1,096,404 jobs in both the public and private sectors of the Ghanaian economy, the Minister of Employment, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah has said.
According to the minister, these jobs were only in the formal sector and "so what happened in the informal sector is not even accounted for.
Mr Baffour Awuah said this at the launch of the Nation Builders Corps in Kumasi Tuesday morning.
He said youth unemployment has become one of the most critical challenges of the Ghanaian national life today and if zeroed in on graduate unemployment, it is even worse.
Adding he said the urgency to create jobs for the teeming graduates has become paramount considering the fact that less than 10 percent of graduates are able to find jobs after national service, according to a study by Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)
The study, he said further shows that it takes up to three years for a large number of graduates to secure descent employment even after national service.
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The problem is not so much whether this figure is true or not , its that there is no independent body like NSSE to compile these stats. The fact that its a minister reporting it, makes it seem like falsehood. Come again NPP. Dont ever make such silly mistakes again.
is this a minister or a clown?
They have started paying into ghost accounts... This is a grand plan by Nana Addo and all his corrupt thugs to loot our money
The Employment Minister has also been infected by the same virus that attacked the Agric Minister- Kpokpo bli bli. This Party never learns at all.
this is kwassssiasem. NDC used it and lost. and NPP, stuuuuuuuppppid as they are, are using the same thing. Oh Nana Addo, where did you pick these ppl from? what did u see in this jester that u wanted him to be your minister?
Mr. Minister, are you sane?? Or you take Ghanaians for MINIONS? Get your facts and figures right and come again please!!
if n,p.p lose 2020, nana addo will be held responsible by ghana pp, from gh pp