National Communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, says the next NDC administration will pass an Employment Act to provide a comprehensive framework for job creation and labour market statistics.
Sammy Gyamfi stated that the NDC is focused on fulfilling its vision for jobs promise and that it will create the one (1) million permanent jobs with decent wages in four (4) years.
To achieve this, Sammy Gyamfi said the next NDC government will create a minimum of 250,000 sustainable jobs with decent wages every year over the next 4 years.
That, he said, will translate into a total of 1 million sustainable/permanent jobs and not ad hoc jobs in four (4) years.
Speaking at the 14th edition of the party’s weekly press briefing, National Communication officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, explained that the party intends to embark an aggressive promotion of exports, which will lead to a high demand for labour to meet increased production for both domestic consumption and export.
Sammy Gyamfi said the NDC will decentralise and convert the Labour Office into the National Employment Bureau equipped with state of-the-art facilities and Grant tax-waivers to employers who employ workers through the Bureau.
“To accommodate this anticipated demand for Ghanaian goods and services, the next NDC Government will create a 3-shift economy, especially in manufacturing and other high-end services, which operates 24 hours non-stop. Thus, the additional two shifts will be a source of additional employment. Companies that currently operate 24 hours with only two shifts of 12 hours each in violation of the labour law (which specifies a maximum of 8 hours), will be required to run three shifts and thus create a third stream of jobs,” he added.
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