Minority Demands Detailed Breakdown Of 3 million Jobs Government Claimed It Has Created

The Minority in is demanding a detailed breakdown of the over three 3 million jobs government claimed it has created under the Akufo-Addo administration in its first term in office. Their demands follow a disclosure made by the Minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah that government as of September 2020 had created a total of 3 million jobs

for Ghanaians. Mr Baffour-Awuah who was responding to a question during his vetting indicated that the jobs created comprise both public and private sectors of the economy. On the number of jobs, yes it is true on the 1st May in the 2018, I indicated that the government of Nana Akufo-Addo had created approximately 1 million jobs, even though I don’t have the exact figures for the

end of 2020, the last time we reported on was in the September 2020, and the figure was around 3 million jobs, Baffour-Awuah told the Appointments Committee of the Parliament. But in a sharp rebuttal, the Minority Leader who doubles as the ranking Member on the Appointments Committee, Haruna Iddrisu demanded a breakdown of the said jobs created by the Akufo-Addo

government. Minister-nominee can you state how was the 3 million jobs created and the distribution, you want to share the statistics with us, sector by sector,” Haruna Iddrisu quizzed. In response to Haruna’s demands, the minister-designate promised: “Hon. Chair, I will make the details available to the committee when I get back to, I have on a number of occasions even come to this

House and have given this figures out already but if it is at the pleasure of the committee to have the details, I am more than willing to do so. Haruna then asked, and Chairman another clarification, this 3 million jobs, public sector or public sector or a combination of the two” asked. Baffour-Awuah responded “combination of all”. Samson Ahi demanded clarity on the jobs created by

the Akufo-Addo’s government after he alleged that Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on August 13, 2020 said that the government has created two 2 million jobs which is contrary to the three million jobs stated by the Minister designate for the Employment and the Labour Relations. But Baffour Awuah stated that he is unaware of the said figures channeled out by the Vice President as claimed by Samson Ahi. I don’t know and I am not

aware of what you’re talking of but I have officially turn out the three 3 million jobs and I will be prepared to defend the three 3 million at any point in time that I get the opportunity, Baffour Awuah stressed. Mr Iddrisu subsequently demanded that the minister-designate for the Employment and the Labour Relations furnish the House with details of the jobs created within the public and private sectors during the president’s first term in office. Baffour-Awuah later assured the committee to furnish them with details by the close of Wednesday.