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2022 budget responds to the call for jobs – Oppong Nkrumah

Jonas NyaborbyJonas Nyabor
November 24, 2021
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Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the 2022 budget statement and economic policy responds to concerns about youth unemployment in the country.

According to him, the spate of youth unemployment worsened by the coronavirus pandemic has compelled government to propose policies that will create avenues for young men and women to find descent jobs in both the public and private sectors of the country.

He said this during the debate of the 2022 budget on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday November 23, 2021.

“By 2016, when the immediate past administration was leaving office, growth had come to as low as 3.4%. Until COVID hit us, this government was growing the economy at an average of 7% on year-on-year. What that meant was that a lot of young people were getting jobs in the private sector.”

“Additionally, even in the public sector, the government of Ghana under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo ensured that at least about 300,000 young Ghanaians were recruited in the public sector both for those who are paid by the Controller and Accountant General and from those from the non-subvented agencies.”

“This is very different from the days we were told that because we were down to the bone and had gone to the IMF, we couldn’t have recruited people into the public sector. But what is even exciting is that in this 2022 budget, this administration has made available GHS1 billion to support young men and women who want to embark on their own businesses known as the YouthStart initiative. And so, Mr. Speaker, the most important issue on the minds of Ghanaians is being answered by the 2020 budget,” he added.

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on November 17, 2021, presented the 2022 budget to Parliament.

The budget, on the theme: “Building a sustainable entrepreneurial nation: fiscal consolidation and job creation”, emphasizes a post-COVID-19 economic recovery agenda, centered on youth entrepreneurship.

Accordingly, the YouthStart initiative was announced in the budget as the vehicle for supporting young entrepreneurs to gain access to capital, training, technical skills and mentoring to launch and operate their businesses.

The initiative is expected to create some 1 million jobs and support young entrepreneurs to develop commercially viable businesses.

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