The NPP Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticised the President John Mahama-led authorities for the latest mass dismissal of public service recruits employed after seventh December 2024.
In response to them, the transfer sharply contradicts the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s marketing campaign promise to create jobs for the youth below the 24-hour financial system coverage.
Addressing a information convention dubbed the “True State of the Nation Tackle”, former Finance Minister and MP for Karaga, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, argued that the earlier NPP administration had created over 2 million jobs.
He criticised the present administration’s actions, referring to the President as “Terminator 1”:
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The termination of the roles of younger Ghanaians has change into synonymous with President Mahama, whom we now desire to name ‘Terminator 1’. This can be a signal of what’s but to return. Sacking individuals from employment and changing them later with others doesn’t quantity to job creation.
Mr Adam additional claimed that the NDC authorities was already operating out of concepts, with its insurance policies failing:
What the individuals of Ghana need are new jobs for these but to be employed. President Mahama is aware of that the programmes he outlined in his assertion—Nkoko Nkitinkiti and the remaining—can’t create sustainable jobs for the Ghanaian youth. Therefore their resort to terminating current jobs for future replacements, simply to inflate job creation figures.
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The NPP Minority additionally criticised the federal government’s dealing with of unlawful mining, popularly referred to as galamsey. Dr Amin Adam argued that the scenario had deteriorated below the present administration, reasonably than bettering.
