Over 3 million jobs, comprising the private and public sector, were created at the end of 2020 – the first term of Akufo-Addo’s government, Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour-Awuah has told the vetting committee of parliament.
According to him, the jobs – scattered across all sectors of the economy – were born out of some of the new initiatives introduced by government to better the lives of citizens and create jobs for, especially, the youth.
The initiatives include: Planting for Food and Jobs, Nation Builders Corp (NABCo), National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, Youth Employment Agency, National Identification Authority Outgrower and Value Chain Fund, and the Ghana Commercial and Agriculture Plan.
“I don’t have the exact figures for end of 2020, but as at September 2020 the figure the ministry reported on was around three million jobs. I will make the details available to the committee. These jobs are a combination of the public and private sector. I am prepared to defend this number any time,” Mr. Baffour-Awuah told the committee.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
