A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Youth Activist, Kwabena Frimpong has rebutted claims by the Wa West MP, Peter Lanchene Toobu that the NPP has performed poorly in the area of job creation.
According to Mr Frimpong, the NPP in its first term created over a million jobs in all sectors.
He noted that in the health sector over 120,000 jobs were created for health professionals.
He added that the NPP even cleared the backlog of persons especially teachers, nurses and doctors who were not posted or recruited due to an IMF conditionality under the NDC from 2013 to 2016.
“Under the Mahama led NDC government after training as a health professional one would have to apply to regional health directorate after they have advertised for limited employment opportunities but today under the NPP government after training everyone is posting to work. All backlog created by the NDC have been posted and working,” Mr Frimpong stated.
He noted that the NPP had employed over a hundred thousand teaching and non Staff into the Ghana education Service including Graduates who are currently working at our various Senior High Schools.
In the security agencies, Mr Frimpong noted that over 11,000 people are being recruited into the security agencies not forgetting some health personnel who were recruited to work in Barbados.
Arguing further, the youthful politician said Hon Toobu should find out from the various agencies people who had been recruited and re-assigned to work since 2017 until date.
He noted that 100,000 youth have been given jobs under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo).
“One thing the MP should know is that the fact a lot of people turned up for recruitment screening like we are seeing now doesn’t mean they are all not Unemployed, some employed but wants a better one. We have other professionals who want to join the security agencies, so Mr MP check your facts before talking,” he intimated.
Backing his claims with statistics from the famous satatista.com, the NPP youthful member stressed that the unemployment rate since the NPP assumed power had reduced drastically as compared to the eight years of the NDC.
In 2017, he indicate that the unemployment rate dropped to 4.22% from 5.45% the country recorded in 2016 when NDC was in power.
Subsequently, he noted that in 2018 the rate reduced to 4.16% with the country recording a decrease again in 2019 at 4.12%.
“However, the NDC under President Mahama in 2012 recorded a 5.99% unemployment rate and 6.27%, 6.53% and 6.81% from 2013 to 2015 respectively.
“From this statistic, it shows clearly that the NPP government has done better in terms of getting people recruited into job avenues and in the creation of jobs contrary to what the frustrated former Police Officer who is now MP is wanting to deceitfully paint to the public,” Mr Frimpong emphasised.
Source: Modern Ghana
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