{"id":388309,"date":"2018-01-04T08:19:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T08:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388309"},"modified":"2018-01-04T08:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T08:19:53","slug":"lack-of-jobs-for-the-youth-will-worsen-political-vigilantism-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/lack-of-jobs-for-the-youth-will-worsen-political-vigilantism-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Lack of jobs for the youth will worsen political vigilantism – Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, expects post-election unrest from groups affiliated to ruling governments to continue for at least the next four years because of government’s inability to provide ample jobs for the youth.<\/p>\n
This is seemingly because of the governing New Patriotic Party’s inability to satisfy the needs of foot-soldiers.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7XtomK38z4yQc2THkoY0PfikeCZIVjrT”]In its outlook report for Ghana spanning 2018 to 2022, the\u00a0Economist Intelligence Unit, however suggested that, there may be some exaggerations with respect to criticisms that met the incidents of political vigilantism instigated by pro-NPP groups.<\/p>\n
The unit said there will be “tensions over the matter of public appointments, as there are not enough positions to go round, particularly at the grass-roots level. NPP supporters who expect rewards now that their party has won power, but have so far been disappointed, have caused unrest in the party’s electoral heartlands.”<\/p>\n
“This has prompted claims from the opposition and civil society that the government is presiding over a breakdown in law and order. Such claims are exaggerated, but The Economist Intelligence Unit does expect outbreaks of low-level social unrest to persist,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n