“No amount of jobs created by gov’t will absorb every unemployed person” – Madina MP

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MP for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu

Francis Xavier Sosu, the Member of Parliament for Madina, has said no amount of jobs created by the government will absorb every unemployed person.

Speaking in an interview on Metro TV on Monday, March 30, 2026, Francis Xavier Sosu stated, “Government will create jobs. But no amount of jobs created by the government will absorb every unemployed person. You must understand that. Let’s be honest,” he said.

“It’s not about politics. Hunger doesn’t know politics. A lack of jobs doesn’t know political parties. If you want to tie your personal growth and jobs to NDC or NPP, I’m telling you, you’ll lose it,” Sosu added.

He added, “No political person will be a politician forever. I will do my own, my time will come, I will leave. But I’ve said too many times that you are here because you want to help the people. After service, I will go.”

“Many young people have come to my office, and by the time they are leaving, they turn into entrepreneurs. One of the things we do a lot is business support,” he said.

His comments follow earlier remarks he made, which have triggered Ghanaian youths on social media.

According to him, his earlier comments were taken out of context and all he tried to communicate was entrepreneurship.

Earlier, speaking to the media at a recent event, Francis-Xavier Sosu took aim at young Ghanaians who voice frustrations about unemployment on social media.

He argued that food businesses like Indomie offer more financial reward than formal employment.

“They sit on Twitter and TikTok and make their noise. Can you imagine if you’re a young person and all you are doing is having a small Indomie joint that gives you about GH¢200 profit a day, and you have about 10 of those Indomie joints?

How much are you making a day? That’s about GH¢2,000 a day. In 30 days, how much is that? It’s about GH¢60,000. How many jobs will give you GH¢60,000 a month?” he said.

Meanwhile, Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has said job creation under President John Dramani Mahama has been significantly slowed by debt distress and restrictions under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.

Seth Tekper stressed that the National Democratic Congress administration inherited debt distress and restrictions under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.

According to him, the NDC government has plans to create jobs, but Ghana’s prevailing economic conditions limited what could be achieved in the early months of the Mahama administration.

Speaking on Joy News, Seth Terkper stated, “If you look at the NDC manifesto, there’s a plan to create jobs already. But when you come into an economy where, under the IMF programme we inherited, compared to what we handed over, all you can do is borrow T-Bills.

“You’ve been shut out of your own domestic bond market, which we set up. You’ve been shut out of the external bond market because you’ve defaulted”.

He added, “Economists have something called counter-cyclical policies. It means that you know that the economy rises and falls — it’s good and bad”.

“If you don’t have sufficient food, and you import with the reserves, it affects the currency. If it’s not something you can predict for later, it’s something you should know could happen,” he said.

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