{"id":611858,"date":"2019-04-30T20:18:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n2019-04-30\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/77065437.29"},"modified":"2019-04-30T20:18:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:18:20","slug":"deal-with-joblessness-tuc-tells-government-ahead-of-may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30\/deal-with-joblessness-tuc-tells-government-ahead-of-may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal with joblessness \u2013 TUC tells government ahead of May Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/77065437.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akufo Addo   Yaw Baah TUC\" title=\"Akufo Addo   Yaw Baah TUC\" width=\"295\" height=\"174\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Yaw Baah [R] TUC boss exchanging pleasantries with President Nana Akufo-Addo [L]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) is mounting pressure on the government to deal with the teeming unemployment in the country as it prepares for Workers\u2019 Day on May 1.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation inches closer to May Day, the mother workers\u2019 union is concerned about the seemingly high unemployment and under-employment rates in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on 3FM\u2019s Sunrise morning show, Director of Research at the TUC Dr. Kwabena Otoo was concerned the labour force does not match the needs of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling for the expansion of the public sector workforce\u2026there are many villages, there are many towns in Ghana where you don\u2019t even have the presence of government. And government presence is created through jobs\u2026to create government presence means to create jobs,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Otoo applauded the government for its employment intervention like the Nation Builders\u2019 Corps (NABCo) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).<\/p>\n<p>It had emerged that there were varying statistics on unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 2018 State of the Nation Address pegged the unemployment rate at 5.77 per cent, the Director of Research at the TUC put the figure at 12 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana research also shows that out of the 100,000 graduates from tertiary education, less than 10 per cent are employed in the job market.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank also revealed that the youth unemployment rate stood at 48 per cent. The question has always arisen as to what the true figures are on unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Otoo noted that in places where the unemployment figures are real, like in London, they are usually unemployment insurances and other social support systems for the unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed worry that several workers in Ghana are actually under-employed \u2013 meaning they are working long hours and under strenuous environments \u2013 yet are being paid unsustainable wages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news go to: 3news.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Source: 3news.com 2019-04-30 Dr Yaw Baah [R] TUC boss exchanging pleasantries with President Nana Akufo-Addo [L] The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) is mounting pressure on the government to deal with the teeming unemployment in the country as it prepares for Workers\u2019 Day on May 1. 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