The youth of this country have been left despondent. The situation of the Ghanaian youth is that of hopelessness, anguish and misery. The cause of our sorry and bleak state is as a result of the incompetent and insensitive management of our dear state by the Mahama- led government.
Businesses that will give us the jobs after school have collapsed. Those still surviving are struggling to even break even. This is because DUMSOR, which Mahama has made failed promises to end, will not allow businesses to operate economically. Businesses which can still operate only do so at a drastically higher cost. As if this is not punishment enough, businesses are saddled with all sorts of taxes under this government.
Again, the interest rate for loans under this same government is around a whopping 30%. This is deadly for any young man or woman who wants to set up a business of his or her own and needs funding. The least said about the depreciation of the cedi, the better.
Now tell me, how can any business grow under this madness of an economy? This madness is reflected in the pathetic 2015 GDP growth rate of 4.1% with oil money compared to 8.4% of GDP in 2008 under President Kufffour without oil revenues. The economy after being competently mismanaged has been sent to the intensive care unit of the IMF. And as part of the economic surgical operation by the IMF, there is a freeze on employment in the public sector except for health and education sectors. Government will also sack some government workers in 2017. You can now imagine the unemployment hell placed on the good people of this country by this government since it took over the reins of government.
Our brothers and sisters in Northern Ghana who were once joyous because of the establishment of SADA and GYEEDA by the NPP have been painfully betrayed by President Mahama. We all least expected such callous treatment from a President who hails from the North and admits these initiatives can hugely help alleviate poverty in the North.
The fate of SADA; and GYEEDA, which is now YEA is most pathetic. It has been turned into a machinery for looting state wealth. The jobs that were to be created by these avenues only created wealth for the cronies of the Presidency. It is not surprising Ghana is the second most corrupt country in Africa according to Transparency International and the Presidency the second most corrupt institution in Ghana according to the IEA. Most disturbing is the fact that this government has failed to disburse funds allocated to SADA in previous budgets and allocated 0 (zero) cedis to SADA in the 2015 and 2016 budgets.
What description best fits a government which casts a blind eye on employment creation for a population which has almost half of its people to be youthful? If this is not incompetence, then we do not know what else to call it. Ironically, the President claims he is youthful and identifies with us the youth, yet actions of his government towards the needs of the youth has been poor, shambolic and a total disappointment.
We therefore urge the good people of Ghana, especially the youth from the length and breadth of the country, to relieve this beautiful country of this incompetent government led by President John Dramani Mahama by voting it out in next the 2016 general election.
Let us vote for change not for the sake of change, but to seek change in governance which will remove CORRUPTION, create JOBS, end DUMSOR, fix the deformed ECONOMY and will provide better EDUCATION for its people at an affordable cost.
Let us seek change!
By TESCON
Signed
Appiah ofosu prince (Political prince)-Director Of Communications and research ,
TESCON-UG,
0548930600.
Jonathan Asare-Deputy director of Communications and Research,
TESCON-UG,
0274386301
