[ 2017-03-01 ]

North Tongu MP, Okudzeto Ablakwa

Nearly 23,000 jobs lost in two months - Ablakwa alleges
The current government’s pledge to scrutinise
all last minute appointments by the erstwhile
Mahama-led NDC administration has resulted in
massive unemployment and job loss, according to
the Minority in Parliament.

Minority member and Member of Parliament (MP) for
North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa alleged that
nearly 23,000 people have lost their jobs or the
opportunity to gain employment as a result of the
embargo placed on employment by the transition
team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

These revelations were brought to the fore during
a parliamentary debate on the President’s maiden
State of the Nation Address which was presented in
parliament on February 21, 2017.

In his address, President Akufo-Addo bemoaned the
high rate of unemployment and bad state of the
economy left behind by the Mahama administration.

He pledged his commitment to solving the problems
his government inherited and improve the general
well-being of the Ghanaian.

But Okudzeto Ablakwa on the floor of parliament
has asserted that, the President should
demonstrate his commitment by removing the ban
imposed and reversing the actions of the
transition team.

He said the phenomenon where people were relieved
of their duties and others prevented from
reporting to work amounts to job substitution and
not job creation.

“Mr Speaker, the point I was making was that
22,802 Ghanaians could have been employed. Two
months down the line this suspension order that
came from the transition team is still enforced
and these 22,802 people are still at home and yet
the President comes here and laments, and bemoans
and appears to be sympathising with the youth of
our country who are unemployed,” he noted.

Source - GhanaWeb.com

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