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We need concrete solutions to unemployment – TUC to parties

The Chairman of the TUC, Reverend Richard K .Yeboah said most politicians only make promises when it comes to unemployment instead of giving concrete steps to solving the challenge.

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The Chairman of the TUC, Reverend Richard K .Yeboah said even though all political parties acknowledge the unemployment challenge in the country none of them is hitting the nail on the head as to how they will solve this menace.

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Rev Yeboah was speaking at a launch of a project meant to enhance employment creation in the country at Peduase in the Eastern Region.

In Ghana, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

According to the Ghana Statistical Service unemployment rate in Ghana decreased to 5.20 percent in 2013 from 5.96 percent in 2010. Unemployment Rate in Ghana averaged 8.82 percent from 2001 until 2013, reaching an all-time high of 12.90 percent in 2005 and a record low of 5.20 percent in 2013.

The World Bank in its report on jobs in Ghana revealed that about 48 percent of the youth in the country, who are between 15-24 years do not have jobs.

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Meanwhile, the governing National Democratic Congress has also said it has created 600, 000 jobs since 2012.

But Rev Yeboah said the politicians must cease making promises and instead focus on the main issue.

He said the economy was not creating enough opportunities for people to get jobs, he added.

He encouraged that any government who wins the upcoming elections focuses more on providing jobs.

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