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My biggest challenge is finding jobs for young people

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh

President Nana Akufo-Addo said that there are too many unemployed youth in the country because the economy has not been growing as expected for so long. He said this makes it impossible to create jobs.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

The biggest challenge facing the government of Ghana is the inadequate jobs for the youth of the country.

The President was addressing the president of Switzerland, Doris Leuthard, who is on a day’s official visit to Ghana.

He said that there are too many unemployed youth in the country because the economy has not been growing as expected for so long. He said this makes it impossible to create jobs.

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“Our biggest challenge is how to find work for our young people. Too many young people in Ghana, West African and the African Continent do not have work to do because our economies are not growing and expanding at a sufficient rate to absorb them” Akufo-Addo told the Swiss President.

He, therefore, called on the Swedish government to come to the aid of Ghana and other African countries to solve the youth unemployment challenge.

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In her response, Mrs Leuthard was hopeful that through her efforts more Swiss companies will invest in Ghana to help solve the unemployment challenge.

She added that it was in the interest Europe to help the African continent create jobs for its youth.

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh A feminist at heart and a lover of art. She loves to write on business, politics and health.

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