Tag: Unemployment
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Protect Ghanaians from layoffs with local content policy for oil & gas sector – Union
The General, Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress, wants government to take a second look at the local content policy for the oil and gas sector, to ensure that Ghanaians are protected from layoffs when production companies face operational challenges. This follows Tullow Oil Ghana’s decision to reduce its workforce…
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Closing gap between industry and academia critical for reducing unemployment- GEA
Ghana’s unemployment levels will continue to remain high if government does not take serious steps to close the existing gap between industry and academia. That’s according to the Ghana Employers’ Association. Information available shows that in 2018, unemployment rate in Ghana was at approximately 6.71 percent of the total labour force. The unemployment rate is…
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Trade Minister calls on private sector to do more to reduce high unemployment
Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has charged the private sector to employ more persons to reduce the current unemployment situation in the country. He argues that the government can only support by employing some Ghanaians through some policy initiatives but the huge responsibility lies on the private sector. Mr. Kyerematen further encouraged the private…
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Unemployment rate in Ghana drops — Employment Minister
Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has said the rate of unemployment in the country has reduced from 11.9 per cent in 2015 to 7.1 per cent in 2019. The decline, he said, was partly as a result of government’s flagship programmes and policies interventions conceptualised in the Coordinated Programme for Economic…