1 million jobs to come – Akufo-Addo

General News on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-06-04

President Akufo-Addo said his government intended to create one million additional jobs in Ghana's agricultural sector to boost food production.

S addressing the Ghanaian community in Toronto, Canada, at a public meeting held Sunday at the Presbyterian Church in Ghana, near Brampton, in the Greater Toronto Area , the President presented the measures he had put in place to ensure the growth of Ghana. economy since taking office in 2017.

The government has granted 50% fertilizer subsidies to all farmers as part of measures to boost the agricultural sector.

He said the program "Plant to create food and jobs", which was originally to employ 500,000 farmers the first year, 750,000 farmers the second year and one million by 2020, was oversubscribed, adding that "The program has been so successful that already we are targeting a million farmers this year [2019] under the "Plant for Food and Employment" program.

According to him, "this means that for the first time we have abundant and abundant crops; we are now beginning to see stabilization of basic food products such as maize. This year, the price of corn has not increased even during the dry season, where prices are generally priced. "

"Instead, prices have gone down. Last year, for the first time in many years, we actually exported food to Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso instead of importing it, "he said in a thunderous tone. ;applause.

He took the opportunity to announce the "Raising for Food and Jobs" program, which is scheduled to be launched on June 24, 2019 in Wa, in the Upper West region.

President Akufo-Addo also revealed the government's plan to build no less than 21 Technical and Vocational Training Institutes (TVETs) this year to equip young people with skills.

While acknowledging that the country's education sector was facing challenges, he said, "We made some very important decisions. For example, from kindergarten to sixth grade, a new curriculum will be unveiled in September; a program that will focus on core subjects, arithmetic, writing and history. "

In the near future, he said similar reforms would be undertaken at the tertiary level to allow Ghanaian students to compete with their peers around the world.

The president said his administration has made significant improvements to the health care delivery system, where the crippling 1.2 billion GH ¢ debt inherited from the previous Mahama administration under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) had been authorized to provide long-term support to NHIS universal health care in Ghana.