New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has said his party will focus on job creation to absorb the country’s teeming youth when elected into office in\u00a0November 2016.<\/p>\n
Addressing the chiefs and people of Abutia Teti in the Volta Region, Dr. Bawumia expressed concern about what he says is the ballooning figures of unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”RwCpL7jm9YrnDyjk12oCH4kYwKBQ09SF”]Dr. Bawumia said the NDC administration must be voted out for failing to address such an important part of the country\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder a Nana Akufo Addo government, we can do a lot to better the lot of our people in Ghana. Our youth don\u2019t have jobs , they finished school and they are there, they are at home. They cannot find jobs, the economy is not growing, we need to change, we need to grow the economy, we need to solve our problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ghana sitting on a time bomb\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has also expressed concerns about<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0the unemployment situation in the country .<\/p>\n Head of the Economic Division at the Institute, Dr. Charles Ackah, in March 2015 stated that Ghana is sitting on a time bomb due to the worsening graduate unemployment situation in the country.<\/p>\n He argued that the current economic situation had drastically reduced both the government and the private sector\u2019s capacity to employ people.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll create millions of jobs in my 2nd term \u2013 Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Bawumia\u2019s comments come days after President Mahama, at the inauguration ceremony of the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region on Monday, reiterated his pledge to create more jobs for the teeming number of unemployed Ghanaians should he be given a second term to govern the country.<\/p>\n \u201cMillions of jobs will be created for our young people and the private sector is invited to increase their investment appetite for these projects and academia is also to intensify research for the attainment of these plans,” the President said.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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