Mid-year budget review will announce plans for creation of one million jobs - Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says the upcoming mid-year budget review will announce plans by the government to create some one million jobs across the country.

The President said the jobs will come under the Ghana COVID-19 Alleviation and Revitalization of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) programme and will be created over a three-year period.

President Akufo-Addo made the announcement during his Eid message, as part of this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebrations at the National mosque on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

“As has been well-publicized, a few days ago, the Ministry of Finance granted financial clearance to the Ministry of Education and the security services for the recruitment of some 11,800 people to beef up their operations. It does not end there. We will through interventions to be set out in the mid-year budget review announce plans for the creation of some one million more jobs under the Ghana CARES ‘Obaatampa’ project over the course of the next 3 years.”

“We are determined to pursue our agenda for jobs creation in order to give opportunities for our youth to nurture their talents for the development of our country,” he added.

The Minister of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Atta is expected to present the mid-year review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government and Supplementary Estimate for the 2021 Financial Year in Parliament on Thursday, July 29, 2021.