Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has instructed Ghanaians to anticipate extra jobs to be created by the federal government via varied initiatives.
He mentioned that over the previous seven years, the federal government has created 2.1million jobs
Dr Bawumia made this assertion when he launched the federal government’s newest business and youth intervention, the Business and Employment Assistance Programme in Sunyani on Monday, December 11.
The initiative, pushed by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), seeks to help 10,000 businesses owned by younger Ghanaians, to make use of 20,000 youth, whose salaries will likely be paid by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), he mentioned.
The jobs anticipated tobe created underneath the initiative will add to the two.1 million jobs already created, he mentioned.
This, he added, will assist to maintain and develop these companies, in addition to present job alternatives.
“The Business and Employment Assistance Programme and other youth interventions under the YEA and under agencies, underline our government’s commitment to creating more jobs and opportunities to the youth, in addition to the 2.1m jobs created by the government in the past seven years in the public and private sectors respectively,” the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) mentioned.
This morning, I launched the Government’s newest enterprise and youth intervention, the Business and Employment Assistance Programme in Sunyani.
The initiative, pushed by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), seeks to help 10,000 companies owned by younger Ghanaians, to make use of… pic.twitter.com/AOhHGLWCtC
— Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (@MBawumia) December 11, 2023