The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee and Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has argued that the John Mahama government’s job programmes are not delivering on the promises.
According to Oppong Nkrumah, in a post on X, the government’s job programs are not delivering.
In his post, he wrote, “The government’s job programs are not delivering on the promises of 250,000 jobs a year. They need to sit up and stop the settings”.
Also, on the floor of Parliament, Oppong Nkrumah proposed a five-point strategy to address Ghana’s growing youth unemployment crisis.
Oppong Nkrumah asserted that current interventions by the John Mahama government are not delivering the desired results.
He highlighted that data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicate that youth unemployment continues to rise, adding that nearly two million young Ghanaians are currently neither in education, employment, nor training.
The MP further disclosed that almost half of young people in the Greater Accra Region are unemployed.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on the rising unemployment situation in the country on Thursday, June 11, 2026, Oppong Nkrumah stated, “Mr Speaker, we do not need more slogans or promises that results are in the pipeline. We need a more effective architecture to solve the worsening youth unemployment problem in our country. Data from the Statistical Service is clear. The youth unemployment problem is getting worse. The time to act is now”.
“Ghanaian youth do not want slogans. They want feasible programmes that create dignified, productive and well-paid jobs,” he stated.
“Anchor every job programme to a published delivery scorecard with clear metrics on beneficiaries, cost per job created, time-to-placement and employment retention,” he urged.
“We do not need more slogans or promises that results are in the pipeline. We need a more effective architecture to solve the worsening youth unemployment problem of our country,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sammi Awuku, the Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, has launched a scathing attack on the John Mahama government’s handling of youth unemployment.
The Akuapem North MP described the current economic situation as an “Indomie 1:3:3 economy”
According to Sammi Awuku, even the government’s 24-hour Secretariat does not operate a 24-hour shift.
He highlighted that there is a growing trend among the youths were they they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree without any clear employment opportunities after school.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on the rising unemployment situation in the country on Thursday, June 11, 2026, Sammi Awuku stated, “Mr Speaker, the situation we face today go beyond somebody proposing an indomie 1 3 3 economy situation. The situation we face today is that young people are not asking for pity.
In our various constituencies today, maybe my colleague will try to shy away from that problem, there’s a growing trend where young people, after acquiring a degree, because there are no jobs, they are now looking forward to applying for another course to obtain another degree. They keep filing these certificates with a job deferred for a date that they cannot even tell,” he added.
The MP added, “We were in this Chamber when the NDC themselves brought this 24-hour economy thing before our very august House. We are almost into 24 months since they got into this government. And today, if you go to even the 24-hour economy secretariat, they themselves do not practise that 24-hour economy that they are talking about”.
“Isn’t it strange that, Mr Speaker, we have a government today that will tell you that we are launching a 1 million coders programme. Almost 18 months or more into the attainment, they have not even been able to onboard even 100,000 out of the 1 million.
“Go to the Ministry for Youth Development. Even that Ministry itself is underfunded. They themselves need a rescue and a bailout,” he claimed.
Sammi Awuku further added, “Our colleagues should not reduce this unemployment situation… It is a national security matter. Because if the young people in our various constituencies cannot see any end in sight, the politicians become a target for the opposition,” he said.
“Under the Big Push programme, this year, they said they were going to employ about 900,000 young people. We are in June. They haven’t been able to employ 10,000 out of it,” he alleged.
Watch the video below:
The governments job programs are not delivering on the promises of 250,000 jobs a year.
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) June 11, 2026
They need to sit up and stop the settings. pic.twitter.com/k5EHJ8tKzz
Unemployment is a National Security Concern – Hon. Sammy Awuku#GHNow pic.twitter.com/jNjmxLfnwk
— GHnow (@ghnow_) June 12, 2026
