Programmes Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Vera Addo, has lauded President John Dramani Mahama for his commitment to addressing youth unemployment during the first 120 days of his administration.
Speaking during a special panel review on Channel One TV on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Vera Addo praised the President for implementing key initiatives such as the National Apprenticeship Programme and the Adwumawura Programme, both aimed at enhancing job creation and skills development for the youth.
Ms. Addo described President Mahama’s approach as “smart,” noting that by setting measurable goals for his early days in office, the President offered the public a transparent way to track progress.
“For me, I think it’s a smart move by President Mahama because he would have just said What did the President do in his first 100 days? We will be picking and choosing and asking what he has done.
“But he gave us indicators, something to look out for. And that is very smart, it also shows his own priority areas he wants to target. Going into the 2024 elections, there were a number of promises, so there were high expectations, lots of expectations from young people. For him to say this is what I want to do in my first 120 days, it’s commendable.”
She also emphasised that the youth featured prominently in the President’s policy agenda, with cross-cutting themes of education, inclusion, job creation, and economic empowerment underscoring his early interventions.
“Youth is cross-cutting, gender is cross-cutting, dedication, inclusion, and almost all the areas. You could sense that there was a lot about job creation, something about the economy, which shows that young people were targeted as the priority. He really targeted young people,” she said.
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