{"id":462672,"date":"2018-02-08T14:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/sona-2018-unemployment-rate-staggering-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2018-02-08T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:21:30","slug":"sona-2018-unemployment-rate-staggering-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/08\/sona-2018-unemployment-rate-staggering-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"SoNA 2018: Unemployment rate staggering \u2013 Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  8 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/43273534.295.jpg\" alt=\"SONA 20182\" title=\"SONA 20182\" width=\"295\" height=\"151\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518099690_945_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry at the rate of unemployment within the country.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate in Ghana increased to 5.77 percent in 2016 from 5.54 percent in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of young people who cannot find jobs in Ghana is staggering,\u201d the President noted while delivering his 2nd State of the Nation address in Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But he expressed confidence that the situation will change soon as \u201cevery major policy made in the last year has been about the youth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The President noted the changing economy requires an educated and skilled workforce to make the Ghanaian economy more globally competitive.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the Free Senior High School policy, the President noted, is key to reducing the rate of unemployment in the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reform of the school curricula is underway to address the defects in the educational system,\u201d President Akufo-Addo noted, \u201cscience education and technology are going to be prioritized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis reform is going to see a curriculum instilling greater respect for traditional values and patriotism among the youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 8 February 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-02-08 President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry at the rate of unemployment within the country. 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