The Eastern Regional Director of the National Youth Authority, Madam Mansah Minnah has urged youths to set up their own business to ease unemployment rate in the country.
According to her, owning a business is very beneficial because it reduces the dependency rate among the youths.
Mad. Mansah encouraged the government sector workers to add another job to their profession.
Speaking in an interview with Bryt FM correspondent, Nhyiraba Nartey Solomon, Mad. Mansah lectured that there is a need for young people to launch their own business to be their own boss.
‘‘Establishing your own business creates an opportunity to innovate, and impact communities,’’ she added.
Mad. Mansah said that setting up own business helps reduce the over-reliance on the government for jobs and also reduces the burden on the government.
Meanwhile, later in 2021, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta advised graduates from the various tertiary institutions to find innovative ways of becoming entrepreneurs.
Mr. Ofori-Atta said becoming an entrepreneur is the only way the rising unemployment rate in the country can be reduced.
He affirmed that payroll is full because 60% of Ghana’s revenue is spent every month on the payment of salaries of public sector workers.
‘‘The government is spending 60% of the revenue on remunerating 650,000 people and it is not sustainable,’’ Mr. Ofori-Atta said.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Solomon Nartey
