NPP Gov’t Creates 145,000 Jobs So Far – Oppong Nkrumah

Government has given the financial clearance for the recruitment of some 145,000 people in the public sector: this according to the information minister-designate, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah

He further provided the breakdown to include 100,000 graduates recruited into the Nation Builders Corp. Some 24,033 health workers, 20,000 personnel for government’s afforestation programme, 9,572 educational workers.

Other areas include agriculture where 2,700 are set for employment as Extension officers while 3,527 jobs for the security personnel have been created. The minister said about 4,000 more have been recruited into the police service.

The move, he noted, is part of government’s efforts at providing jobs for Ghanaians.

“Financial Clearance has been given for over 145,000 jobs as part of efforts to provide economic opportunities for our people as promised,” Oppong-Nkrumah tweeted.

The development according to him comes in the wake of mass job losses in the banking sector, and  vigilante groups associated with the ruling New Patriotic Party,  on rampage over government’s failure to provide them jobs as promised during the elections.