WHERE ARE THE JOBS CREATED BY POLITICAL PARTIES IN GOVERNMENT?

Culomnist: By Michael Addotey

Among many other issues in Ghana, we have unemployment to think about. The government, the people, the systems and sundries have their own part to play. I take this opportunity to put all the parties involved on one stage to advise in helping to eradicate or minimize the challenge of unemployment in Ghana.

As elections approach, political parties feed their campaign messages with job creation promises and elaborate more on it in their sugar-coated manifestos. This has been in existence since decades of Ghana’s political reforms, as political parties always promise job creations but unemployment still persist with a high rate in Ghana. The question is, where are the jobs political parties in government creates for Ghana? Does it really go to their families, relatives, close relations or a fair proportion of the country? We rest the answers on the shoulders of the public. 

Ghana is on the favorable side of this story because we are not the first to suffer from this social issue, and if we shall minimize it, we shall not be the first to do that either. That means that we should learn from nations who have been able to manage their unemployment rate to a very low degree.

As part of the measure to minimize the unemployment rate, production techniques of organizations should suit the needs of the nation so that we don’t end up importing more that we are able to produce. In that we shall convert more imported goods into in-made good which will provide Ghanaians with employment.

There should be more assistance for self-employed people. This assistance is needed from the government, the well-to-do in the Ghanaian society, philanthropist, and maybe foreign donors. Assistance could be financial assistance, training, provision of require or raw materials, and so on. Government can promote optimistic images on vocational and technical education and apprenticeship. It is known that the only two countries that effectively do this are Germany and Denmark. How about Ghana being mentioned as the third country? GOD BLESS GHANA!