{"id":397867,"date":"2018-02-03T08:35:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T08:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=397867"},"modified":"2018-02-05T05:33:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T05:33:35","slug":"prove-745000-jobs-claim-gawu-agric-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/prove-745000-jobs-claim-gawu-agric-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Prove 745,000 jobs claim – GAWU to Agric Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0General Agricultural Workers’\u00a0Union\u00a0(GAWU) thinks the government\u2019s estimate of 745,000 jobs provided under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme might be exaggerated.<\/p>\n
Admitting that he couldn’t \u201cvouch for those figures,” the Union\u2019s General Secretary, Edward Kareweh said on Eyewitness News<\/strong> that the number will have to be treated to more scrutiny.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”fc9ZFqTTlABK8GmMdQZRdQhwmXgbUGnl”]The Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto announced that 745,000 jobs had been created under the first phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs programme with the caveat that the jobs were \u201cunofficial jobs<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The minister explained to the media that the jobs were created in rural areas and were essentially not taxable and did not contribute to pension funds following the earlier scepticism that met the announced figure.<\/p>\n The figures were based on the number of additional inputs as well as improved seeds and fertilizers supplied to participating farmers in 2017.<\/p>\n