Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has said the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration has created over two million jobs in the public and private formal sectors since 2017.
He said the jobs are inclusive of government job-creation programs and initiatives such as Planting for Food and Jobs, NBCO Graduate Programme, and National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan.
On the contrary, the Vice President noted that President Akufo-Addo has demonstrated his understanding of the issues Ghanaian youth face, and he has made moves to address them in three and a half years.
Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia said this at the commemoration of International Youth Day, organized by the National Youth Authority and Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The Vice President listed several youth-centered initiatives such as job creation through one district one factory, National Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Plan, President’s Business Support Programme, Planting for Food and Jobs, Greenhouse Village Initiative, Campus Business Pitch, Presidential Empowerment for Women with Disability, the revival of Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, NABCO, as well as other programs which he said the youth have benefitted from, such as restoration of teacher and nursing trainee allowances, a refund of deposits of collapsed financial institutions, free water, and electricity, etc.
“Over the last three and half years, we have developed and implemented many initiatives designed to place the youth at the forefront of national development,” Dr. Bawumia said.
“Our policies have also led to significant job creation by the private sector, for example, through the revival of the Obuasi Mine of Anglogold Ashanti. Since its restart, from June 2018 to June 2020, the Obuasi Mine has employed 4,163 people on the mine rehabilitation project, and we have also created over two hundred and fifty thousand private formal sector jobs according to data from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).”
Dr. Bawumia stated that President Akufo-Addo has proved his understanding of issues affecting the youth and that has taken steps to tackle them in his first term; his next term will be more promising.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
