A hiring moratorium in the public sector, according to the minority in parliament, would exacerbate the already dismal unemployment situation.
They are arguing that the government should compare the present unemployment rate to the amount of young people who might soon be unemployed.
The government has imposed a ban on hiring for the public and civil service beginning in January 2023 as part of cabinet orders for spending optimization in the 2023 Budget.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said the 2023 Budget demonstrated the country’s catastrophic plight at a post-budget workshop in Ho, Volta Region.
To paraphrase what I heard from the Honorable Minister of Finance, the 2023 budget statement is loaded with proof that the government is simply bankrupt and the economy is in crisis in Ghana. “Mr. Speaker, Ghana’s economy and as I listened to him. It’s an economy that’s been put on life support and has to be revived, he added.
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