According to him, people who have no jobs hide behind vigilante groups to perpetrate heinous crimes in the country because those groups get the backing and protection of the political elite.

[contextly_sidebar id=”O7KY9r8VHARd2WPPwUGubtNZJxMIrySb”]Mr. Cudjoe made the remark on Citi FM’s news analysis programme The Big Issue on Saturday when he and the other panelists on the programme, discussed the suspension of the Upper West Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan, for allegedly shielding some youth of the governing New Patriotic Party who vandalized the office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in that region.

He stated that it was crucial that the government focused on creating jobs for the teeming youth in order to ensure that such incidents are tackled permanently.

“…Because of the absence of jobs, they probably would want to be known as vigilante groups. It’s part of a problem we have as a developing country where we have serious challenges with unemployment and I think the root cause is what we should be looking at. In order for these not to rear their ugly heads again, it is important to have a very long-term view on how to deal with these matters.”

“For me, the vigilante issue is one part of a very big conversation we should be having on unemployment in this country,” Cudjoe added.

Addressing the suspension of the Regional Minister, the IMANI Africa president stated that Sulemana Alhassan should have been sacked instead for his action and utterances.

“Giving his own comment which sought to justify the actions, this obviously does not augur well for any civilized country,” he added.

Youth attack NADMO office’

About 30 angry youth affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) besieged the NADMO office on Wednesday.

When they attempted to break into the Regional Director’s office, the group was initially prevented by his aide but they eventually overpowered him.

The Police were later called in to intervene but they were reportedly prevented from effecting any arrest by the Regional Minister.

President Akufo-Addo later on Thursday suspended the Regional Minister.

Five arrested

Five people believed to have masterminded the attack were subsequently arrested and hauled in court.

The Wa circuit court presided over by Justice Baah Forson Agyepong on Friday, February 2, 2018 remanded the five persons into police custody.

Meanwhile, staff of NADMO in the region who were on strike in protest of the attack have subsequently called off the action.

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“John Mahama came onto the scene claiming to be a youthful president who cares about the youth. He has been eight years in office. After eight years in office what do you have? He has destroyed the future of the youth. He has caused massive unemployment. Teachers cannot find jobs. Nurses cannot find jobs. We have a lot of public health workers who have completed training and are sitting at home,” he lamented.

Dr. Bawumia made the comment on Sunday when he was addressing the NPP’s national youth rally at Moree in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese constituency of the Central Region.

Waste of resources

[contextly_sidebar id=”4o1OVrffof4bBhPbuwuEREsqFoWJyM4e”]He further took a jab at the NDC government for wasting Ghana’s resources despite having a lot of revenue at its disposal.

This he said is a clear sign of incompetence and mismanagement of the NDC government who he said do not deserve another term in office.

“The NPP with only Ghc20 billion set up the national health insurance scheme, the national youth employment, school feeding programme, the free maternal care, the capitation grant, the cocoa spraying programme, metro mass transit, the livelihood empowerment against poverty. We were paying the teachers allowances and nursing training allowances all of these for Ghc20 billion. Then comes our youthful president and after eight years later they have spent Ghc258 billion but has not money for the entire important thing where is the money?”

Answer my 170 questions on economy

The NPP running mate also used the opportunity to challenge the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur who also doubles as the head of the economic management team to answer his long standing 170 questions on the state of Ghana’s economy.

“I hear this is the Vice President Amissah Arthur’s hometown, is that the case? I have been looking for him. He has 170 questions to answer and he has been running away, so tell him I came to his hometown and he should answer 170 questions. There is nowhere to hide again,” he stated.

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