Nandom (U/W), Nov. 28, – Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
has said a total of 100,000 unemployed graduates will have the opportunity to
be employed by government in 2018.
Consequently, each Metropolitan,
Municipal and District Assembly (MMDA) is expected to get an average of 450
employed graduates to increase workforce and boost productivity.
Dr Bawumia said this during the
celebration of the 29th Edition of the Kakube Festival of the chiefs and people
of the Nandom Traditional Area.
He said the goal of government
economic policies is to reduce unemployment and provide jobs, and in this
regard, government was pursuing a number of policies including the “Nation
Builders Core” under which the graduates would be employed.
The Vice President also affirmed
that the one-million-dollar-one-constituency policy would see full
implementation in 2018 and urged districts to identify areas to invest such
funds to bring the needed development.
Dr Bawumia said government is
committed to delivering on its promises and appealed to chiefs and landowners
to release land for the implementation of the projects especially the
One-District-One-Factory policy.
He commended the chiefs and
people of Nandom for initiating and sustaining the celebration of the Kakube
Festival for 29 years and using it to hold the people together and ensure the
peace and security of the area.
He said government would continue
to support traditional councils to play their role in the socio-economic
development of the area, adding that it is the prayer of government that they
would be able to resolve conflicts amicably when they emerge.
Mr Ambrose Dery, Minister for the
Interior and Member of Parliament for the Nandom Constituency, said government
is working towards increasing the number of police personnel on the
Wa-Lawra-Nandom-Hamile road to address recent security concerns on the road.
He said government was also
putting in measures to acquire vehicles and other equipment to resource the
police to deliver on their security mandate.
On recent the disagreement among
some group of Muslims in Nandom over the issue of leadership, the Interior
Minister debunked rumours that he was taking sides, adding it was the
prerogative of any group in Nandom to choose their leaders.
Naa Dr Puoure Puobe Chiir VII,
Paramount Chief of Nandom Traditional Area, said the Kamba Bridge was in a very
bad shape even though the irrigation project has been approved and appealed for
it to be fixed to avoid a calamity.
He appealed to government to
construct a railway line from Accra to Hamile to open up the area to economic
opportunity with neighbouring countries.
The 29th Edition of the Kakube
Festival celebration was held under the theme: “Self Reliance”.
GNA
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