{"id":130618,"date":"2023-12-13T11:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/2-1-million-jobs-created-by-government-in-the-past-seven-years-expect-more-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:31:15","slug":"2-1-million-jobs-created-by-government-in-the-past-seven-years-expect-more-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/2-1-million-jobs-created-by-government-in-the-past-seven-years-expect-more-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"2.1 million jobs created by government in the past seven years; expect more \u2013 Bawumia \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vice President\u00a0Dr Mahamudu Bawumia\u00a0has told Ghanaians to expect more jobs to be created by the government through various initiatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said that over the past seven years, the government has created 2.1million jobs.<\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia\u00a0made this statement when he launched the government\u2019s latest\u00a0business\u00a0and\u00a0youth\u00a0intervention, the Business and\u00a0Employment\u00a0Assistance Programme in Sunyani on Monday, December 11.<\/p>\n

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The initiative, driven by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), seeks to support 10,000\u00a0businesses\u00a0owned by young Ghanaians, to employ 20,000 youth, whose\u00a0salaries\u00a0will be paid by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), he said.<\/p>\n

The jobs expected to be created under the initiative will add to the 2.1 million jobs already created, he said.<\/p>\n

This, he added, will help to sustain and grow these businesses, as well as provide job opportunities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Business and Employment Assistance Programme and other youth interventions under the YEA and other agencies, underline our government\u2019s commitment to creating more jobs and opportunities to the youth, in addition to the 2.1m jobs created by the government in the past seven years in the public and private sectors respectively,\u201d the flagbearer of the\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP)\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

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This morning, I launched the Government\u2019s latest business and youth intervention, the Business and Employment Assistance Programme in Sunyani. <\/p>\n

The initiative, driven by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), seeks to support 10,000 businesses owned by young Ghanaians, to employ\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/AOhHGLWCtC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (@MBawumia) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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