Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak, has lauded the achievements of the erstwhile Mahama administration saying it tackled unemployment by creating over 600,000 jobs.
According to the Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA), despite the economic hardships, then state agencies under Mahama instituted social intervention policies that provided youth employment on a scale better than the current Akuffo-Addo government.
“We know the dire straits the economy was in especially in 2015-2016 when commodity prices across the globe plummeted and so that affected government’s ability to deal with certain things. But that did not stop us from creating over 600,000 jobs up and down the country under several programmes,” he told Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Monday.
He cited among other things the Skills Development Fund which was implemented under the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET).
Mr. Mubarak said that the initiative saw the disbursement of GHS 150 million to 655 businesses to train almost 100,000 people in vocational and technical trade.
Also, he mentioned another programme spearheaded by the Free Zones Board that supported 69 companies that created about 16, 000 jobs.
“These are new jobs contrary to what our friends in the NPP do which is count replacement of staff that are exiting from public institutions. We are talking about new jobs that are tailor-made to support young people,” Ras Mubarak said.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
