The government is set to launch a domestic care economy programme next year, with the initiative expected to create about 100,000 jobs for young people.
Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare-Addo, said the programme forms part of government’s broader efforts to tackle youth unemployment and create decent and sustainable employment opportunities.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) event in Accra on Thursday, August 13, Opare-Addo said the government remains committed to reducing unemployment by the end of President John Dramani Mahama’s four-year term.
He acknowledged that youth unemployment has recorded a slight increase but attributed the challenge partly to Ghana’s growing youth population.
According to him, the government is implementing several youth-focused interventions to expand employment opportunities across the country.
“Next year, under the YEA, we’ll be launching the domestic care economy, and that alone is supposed to employ close to 100,000 young people. Clearly, clearly, we will reduce the unemployment rate,” he said.
The minister expressed confidence that the planned intervention, alongside other programmes being implemented by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), will contribute significantly to reducing unemployment among young people.
He said the government’s approach is focused not only on creating jobs but also on ensuring that young people have access to decent and sustainable employment.
