Anthony Nukpenu, the Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told unemployed youth to pursue job opportunities and not sit at home.
According to Anthony Nukpenu, the government’s political promise on jobs was to create an enabling environment, adding that job seekers must not stay at home, thinking the jobs will come to them.
He stressed that the idea that everyone can have a job where the government pays them every month is a deceptive mindset.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily on January 7, he detailed, “Our duty as a party is to engage the masses and explain government opportunities to them. The political promise on jobs was to create an enabling environment, and that environment is being created. The question is, how are you taking advantage of it?
“When you sit at home and say that because we promised you jobs, the job must come to you, it will not happen; you must go out and seek the job. That perception that everyone needs a job where the government pays them every month is a deceptive mindset,” he said.
In related news, Mussa Dankwah, the Global InfoAnalytics Executive Director, has disclosed that Ghana’s economy is no longer the number one issue for voters.
According to Mussa Dankwah, Jobs have replace economy as voters’ top concern when he speaks to voters.
He noted that before the 2024 election, the three things that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education, adding that voters’ priorities have shifted.
Mussa Dankwah further stressed that he expects the NDC government to create jobs.
Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on January 6, Mussa Dankwah disclosed, “I expect them to create jobs; if you speak to voters today, the economy is no longer a threat to them. The economy is no longer the number one issue for them. It suggests that they are okay with the economy.”
“The issue is job creation. If you look at the last election, before the election, the three top issues that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education.”
He added, “On points one and three, which were the top three issues, they are having success in doing that. But the problem they have is job creation, which is the biggest threat. We’ve been told that it’s a national security threat for many years. It still remains. A chunk of the youth have no job.”
“Whatever the government needs to take to create jobs, the environment that will create jobs, they have to. There’s no excuse for them. The people will be disappointed, but in the second year, if nothing happens, I can tell them for a fact.”
Mussa Dankwah added, “So if they have any focus that they have to pay attention to, that should be job creation. And as to how they do it, I’ve been hearing them talking about mechanised agriculture and stuff. I don’t care what it means to get the jobs. The jobs must be there.”
They can’t resolve unemployment, no. They must be seen to have made substantial improvements or gains in reducing the rate of unemployment. If they don’t, that will be the biggest hurdle they have to confront next election.”