NPP Youth Organizer questions gov’t ability to create 800,000 jobs in 2026
Bayivere challenged the feasibility of the government’s projections, arguing that the administration has yet to demonstrate real commitment to job creation since taking office.
The Navrongo Central Constituency Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bayivere, has cast doubt on the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s target of creating 800,000 jobs in 2026 as announced in the national budget.
Presenting the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Thursday, November 13, the Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassel Ato Forson, outlined government plans to generate hundreds of thousands of jobs through investments in road construction, infrastructure development, garment production, agro-processing, oil palm expansion, and other sectors.
However, speaking on the Big Mike Breakfast Show on Friday November 14, Bayivere challenged the feasibility of the government’s projections, arguing that the administration has yet to demonstrate real commitment to job creation since taking office.
“They said they are going to create 800,000 jobs. For 2025, how many jobs have actually been created? And now they are talking about 800,000 in 2026, is that realistic?” He questioned.
“For me, the beginning doesn’t show that they can do that. Even the 10,000 they promised, where are they? Are they deceiving us?”
Bayivere also criticized the government’s handling of agricultural market access for farmers, describing the allocation of GH₵200 million to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) to purchase excess grains as insufficient.
“Getting a market for their produce is the major challenge facing our farmers,” he stressed. “In the NDC’s 2024 Manifesto, they promised to develop guaranteed markets for agricultural products, yet today farmers are crying. Where is the guaranteed market?”
He further noted that earlier government support to address food gluts proved inadequate.
“They initially released GH₵100 million to clear the glut, but it didn’t solve the problem. The Peasant Farmers Association said GH₵500 million was needed to effectively deal with it.”
Bayivere urged the government to demonstrate concrete results rather than what he described as overly ambitious projections that lack realistic foundations.
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