General News of Wednesday, 2 May 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comGovernment using sack-and-replace tactics to create 1m jobs - MinorityCassiel Ato Forson, Former Deputy Minister of Finance and the Minority spokesperson on financeThe Minority has disputed government evidence claiming to have created over one million jobs in 14 months, describing the data as fanthom figures. Former deputy Finance minister Ato Forson told Joy News, the government has only filled vacancies with sympathisers after sacking those believed to be sympathisers of the opposition party. These sack-and-replace tactics, he said, is seen in places like COCOBOD where the government claims it has employed 56,000 persons to spray cocoa farms. The deputy minister insisted most of these public sector jobs were advertised. Ato Forson also claimed credit for the former government indicating that some of the jobs were created under President Mahama.

Source: GhanaWeb May 02, 2018 20:14 UTC