Tag: Youth unemployment
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Consider entrepreneurship, public sector payroll full – Ofori-Atta to youth
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says government is not looking at employing more public sector workers, as enough resources are already being spent on the over 600,000 persons on government’s payroll. According to the 2021 budget statement, compensation of employees alone as a line item would amount to about GHC 30.3 billion or about 54…
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Unemployed youth throng YEA Job Fair to seek job opportunities
Thousands of youth thronged the Youth Employment Agency Job Fair on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in search of jobs from several employers. They formed long queues at the Accra International Conference Centre, and many of them struggled to enter the building to secure jobs with companies. In Ghana, available data indicates that about 600,000 people…