The National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has emphasised that the party’s focus is on entrepreneurship encouragement and skill development rather than government positions for all young people.
Yesterday, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, he addressed supporters in the Nandom Constituency and stated that youth unemployment is still the nation’s largest problem. However, he warned against what he called a pervasive misinterpretation of the party’s campaign theme.
“It is true that when we were campaigning, the biggest problem in the country then and is still the biggest problem now is youth unemployment. So we promise that when we come into power, we will implement initiatives that will address the unemployment issue,” he stated.
He went on to say that some supporters had misconstrued those promises as guarantees of work in the public sector.
“Some of you have interpreted that to mean that everybody will be given an appointment letter to work in government service. Please, that is not what we mean,” he said.
Instead of increasing government employment, he believes that sustained job creation depends on providing young people with the funds and skills to launch their own businesses.
“What we mean is that when a country is growing, it gets to a point where other means of employment become more rewarding than government work,” he said.
“So what the government does is to train the youth in their talent, their respective talents, and provide them with facilities and seed capital to start businesses that will grow the economy.”
He emphasised that it is not feasible for the government to integrate all young people without jobs into the civil service.
“But we seem to be thinking that if you are not given a government appointment letter, then you don’t have employment. Please, it is not going to be possible for the government to write appointment letters for every youth in the country,” he said.
“That was why when we were campaigning, we told you that you don’t need a certificate to be able to work. And so we will implement policies like the free apprenticeship program, like the entrepreneurship program, the youth in enterprise program, and then we will implement the 1 million quotas program,” he added.
He cited planned interventions, such as entrepreneurship and apprenticeship initiatives.
Source: newsthemegh.com