Some unemployed, qualified Graduates with disabilities have hit the streets of Accra demanding equal job opportunities.
According to the unemployed qualified Graduates with disabilities, they are demanding a strict enforcement of inclusive fairness in recruitment processes.
Reports suggest the group began their march from the Accra Rehabilitation Centre in Adabraka on March 24.
The unemployed qualified Graduates during their protest were spotted holding placards which read, “We need jobs; enough is enough,” “Break the barriers, not our spirit,” and “We can work, we are capable”.
Speaking to JoyNews, the protesters stated, “Unemployment has really been a big problem amongst persons with disabilities, especially because personally it’s very difficult to depend on the people that have taken care of you from childhood at this big age of mine”.
Another protester stated, “It’s very difficult for me. I’ve not been myself; I’ve been looking for employment, and it has become a problem”.
“You have to depend on your guardian for every single thing you want, and I don’t like it that way. So I wish the government would come to our aid and grant us employment so that we can work,” a third participant added.
In related news, 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.
Meanwhile, Nana Aba Anamoah, a renowned Ghanaian media personality, has called out the Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, over the scale of youth unemployment in this country.
The renowned Ghanaian media personality highlighted that Dr Rashid Pelpuo needs to make his DMs and office more accessible if he truly wants to understand the scale of youth unemployment in this country.
She detailed that the numbers being quoted about jobs created simply don’t match what people are living through every day.
Nana Aba Anamoah further questioned the Labour Minister, where exactly are these jobs he and heads of agencies under his ministry claim to have created?
In a post shared on X, Nana Aba Anamoah wrote, “The Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment (Dr Rashid Pelpuo) needs to make his DMs and office more accessible, if he truly wants to understand the scale of youth unemployment in this country.
The numbers being quoted about jobs created simply don’t match what people are living through every day. So where exactly are these jobs he and heads of agencies under his ministry claim to have created?
Why am I receiving countless messages from frustrated young people about their inability to land jobs despite doing everything right?
What is the plan for graduates who have been stuck in a cycle of applications?
And let’s be honest, when even your own foot soldiers are shutting down NHIA offices, it raises serious questions about this narrative of widespread job creation.
Where are the jobs?
PS: There’ll always be that one guy who’ll ask What did NPP do for them?’
They’re out of power for a reason, so grow up”.
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