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Unemployment has been identified as the biggest challenge the Mahama led administration has to tackle, according to Dr. Obed Yao Asamoah, a former National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n

Dr. Asamoah believes the unemployment situation is precarious and needs \u201curgent attention,\u201d he said in an interview with Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to him, every period in Ghana\u2019s history had a peculiar challenge the leaders had to deal with and tested the competence and leadership abilities of the president at the time.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”f5qrMPXLad1LusAPQwxg4Nzx7G0RwIhy”]\u201c\u2026When Nkrumah came we were getting independence and it was a period of Africanization, raising the required personnel that would run an independent country was the priority, so he sent some Ghanaians abroad to fill these vacancies\u2026 when we came during the PNDC era, the shops were empty and what we needed to do was to fill these shops but President\u2019s Mahama\u2019s main problem today is unemployment even amongst graduates\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

He asserted that a dissatisfied youth without hope and full of \u201cdespair\u201d is dangerous for the country.<\/p>\n

His call comes on the heels of a similar one made by a former National Security advisor Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah.<\/p>\n

For the two time chief of defense staff, Ghana risks another uprising if the unemployment situation which is breeding poverty is not improved.<\/p>\n

Dr. Obed Asamoah is also livid over government\u2019s inability to reduce the number of people without jobs in the country and opined that there are lots of avenues that can be explored in that direction including tourism.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake tourism for example this is a labour intensive area that can generate lots of jobs for the teeming of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why he hasn\u2019t been brought on board to share some of these ideas with the current administration.<\/p>\n

He insisted it is up to the appointing authority to act.<\/p>\n

Ghanaians are not hard working enough<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former attorney has also lamented what he considers to be the unwillingness on the side of the Ghanaian, to work hard and reap the benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cHard work and honesty is a huge problem here in Ghana, we are not prepared to make the right sacrifices, we are prepared to enjoy without putting the hard work required for such enjoyments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To him a certain amount of \u201cdiscipline and regimentation\u201d is needed for the country to develop.<\/p>\n

This is because the lack of hard work is even reflected in our spending pattern.<\/p>\n

He also believes the Ghanaian is more interested in consuming foreign products when local industries are dying.<\/p>\n

A situation he fears may grind the country\u2019s foreign goods dependent economy to a halt.<\/p>\n

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By: Raymond Acquah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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