Minister for Information and Member of Parliament(MP) for Ofoase-Ayerebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has asked the 2020 Flagebearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama to enumerate the number of jobs or employment avenues he created for the unemployed youth in this country when he was President.
According to him, Mr Mahama's administration is on record to have placed a freeze on employment when he was president leaving a majority of Ghanaian youth unemployed.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that the NPP Government having realized the toll unemployment had on the youth, designed programmes that has created not only jobs but provided them with meaningful income.
The NPP government, he added, has also restored allowances that the Mahama administration refused to pay.
"If former president Mahama is asking government to provide jobs, then he should equally tell us what he was able to do within his years as president in terms of jobs and solving the unemployment problem he spoke about.
"Apart from essential service providers, there was a ban on employment in the country as part of IMF’s conditions given to the country when Ghana was placed under an IMF programme.
“You don’t talk without providing evidence. For us, we talk and back whatever we do with evidence and the needed data. If you can remember, it was during Mahama’s era that we were told that we had eaten all the meat and it was left with the bones so we had to take the country to the IMF," he said.
End of 'Thank-You Tour
Former President John Dramani Mahama brought his thank-you tour to a close on November 10, 2021, in Accra.
At a forum to address challenges facing the people of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama said the unemployment situation in the country has currently become a "national security crisis" that needs to be addressed head-on.
He complained about the government’s approach to the crisis, criticizing the ad-hoc measures taken.
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He did nothing so you also won't do anything for the youth. Nan-sens
To be honest NPP paah I wonder. You are in power 5+yrs so what sense is it in asking someone in opposition to tell what he did for the youth. This is a.t.up.diti.y beyond comprehension. What will knowing what was done 5+ yrs ago do for the youth. The YEA Boss said the numbers of unemployed youth who turned up for job fair was “saddening.” How about you tell us what your government has done. NPP within the last 5+yrs have collapsed so many jobs Mahama's government help set up. Several hospital projects are abandoned. 1D1F has turned into 1D-Lets Partner Existing Businesses. Infact NPP is the biggest disappointment in my 40+yrs of being alive. I was so convinced at least for just 8yrs it will be $1 = 1Ghc but look at where we are. VP Bawumia has giving up inplementing economic policies and now reaching MS Dos. Funny enough NPP want us to believe VP Bawumia as President will make things better, lol. Just do only one thing, only one thing you gave the impression you had the “key” for. Even $1 = Ghc3 s3f is manageable but..... every chance NDC didn't do this or NDC did this ah ah. Can't you only talk about NPP? Nothing is working, I mean just listen to Nana Akomea say Akufo Addo saying he will reduce petrol prices was just campaign talk so we should not hold him accountable for those pronouncements and manage. Infact NPP paah, they are the biggest scam artists. Even NAM1 is a angel. Please somebody tell NPP not to refer us to anything NDC did, good or bad. NPP should only talk about what NPP is doing.