Ghana Statistical Service unemployment rate inaccurate and a lazy research work - ILAPI

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AGBESI KWESI 7 years ago

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NDC IS FULL OF THIEVES
Not all Ghanaians will use the Accra Dubai facility but with free SHS, almost all Ghanaian children, within a certain age bracket, can have access to it. Look, whiles Ghanains were suffering, an ...
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NDC IS FULL OF THIEVES
Not all Ghanaians will use the Accra Dubai facility but with free SHS, almost all Ghanaian children, within a certain age bracket, can have access to it. Look, whiles Ghanains were suffering, and Mahama even acknowledged it by always saying he understands their challenges, Tekper was busy putting heavy tax burdens on Ghanaians to the admiration of NDC members. The question is, how do you over-tax a person who is challenged. All across the globe, it is a good practice to give 15% tax exemption to people who are physically challenged to lessen their burdens and so I find it strange for Mahama to accept that Ghanaians, under his regime, were going through economic challenges yet found it convenient to over-burden them with taxes all with a view of using the revenue accrued for bus re-branding. Who on earth will understand this apart from NDC thieves. The fact is that NDC members are thieves and so needed more money to satisfy their insatiable greed.
DELA. 7 years ago

The World Bank indicated last year that unemployment rate was 48%. How come it has dropped to 12% in March 2017? The following is the reason for this low figure of unemployment:
1. All those involved are NDC
sympathyzers ...
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The World Bank indicated last year that unemployment rate was 48%. How come it has dropped to 12% in March 2017? The following is the reason for this low figure of unemployment:
1. All those involved are NDC
sympathyzers.
1. They will show a low figure in
March 2017 knowing that it is
not true.
2. In 2020 there will be a higher
figure so Ghanaians will say NPP has caused massive unemployment.
polobolo 7 years ago

What does the so called think tank mean by lazy work? Does he understand the statistics that has been put on board? What data do they have to challenge that of statistical service? You sit somewhere and make a lot of noise. ...
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What does the so called think tank mean by lazy work? Does he understand the statistics that has been put on board? What data do they have to challenge that of statistical service? You sit somewhere and make a lot of noise. The fact that people are not doing formal work does not mean they are unemployed. Several people are doing jobs that are not permanent, but that does not mean they are unemployed. Have they contacted statistical service before putting this unnecessary statement on board? Everybody gets up and says he is a think tank or consultant. The so called think tank should make a better academic submission rather than try to cast a slur on statistical service. Do you know what would have happened if people were not working in this country? The guys are working but are not doing jobs they have been trained on.
kk 7 years ago

The do called think tank's analysis is factually empty and lack academic competence. How could they criticise the statistical service work on unemployment rate without telling us the true rate. Someone should tell them to pub ...
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The do called think tank's analysis is factually empty and lack academic competence. How could they criticise the statistical service work on unemployment rate without telling us the true rate. Someone should tell them to publish their counter report with facts.
Joe 7 years ago

If it is wrong, what is the right figure?

If it is wrong, what is the right figure?
Malema 7 years ago

When you do not understand how a task is undertaken yo better shut up. If the think tank knows how surveys are done it will not be spewing this garbage. Labour force surveys are self reporting and you cannot change what a res ...
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When you do not understand how a task is undertaken yo better shut up. If the think tank knows how surveys are done it will not be spewing this garbage. Labour force surveys are self reporting and you cannot change what a respondent self reports. If you ask a respondent if he/she is employed and that espondent is selling pure on the street and tells she is employed she is captured under employed. If a respondent is ashamed to he say he is unemployed and lies he is employed, he is captured as employed. What I have argued in the past is that to get the effective unemployment rate we need to combine unemployed with underemployed. Although not the perfect survey we need to give Statistical Service KUDOS for a good beginning which will improve with time.
polobolo 7 years ago

Of course underemployed,were captured by this very survey

Of course underemployed,were captured by this very survey
Winfred Odame 7 years ago

Most official figures from government sources are fake and and unreliable and no wonder most government policies do fail. Even our universities do not produce accurate figures, they are all in the FAKE INCORPORATED just chopp ...
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Most official figures from government sources are fake and and unreliable and no wonder most government policies do fail. Even our universities do not produce accurate figures, they are all in the FAKE INCORPORATED just chopping government money.
#JMOnaapo 7 years ago

I agree with that. A very lazy and shoddy work. It's a disgrace to the institution.
Visit Asylum Down, Kanda, Nima, Maamobi, Pig Farm, Abelempke. Achimota, Tantra Hills, Sowutuom, Pokuase, Amasaman. just to mention but a few ...
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I agree with that. A very lazy and shoddy work. It's a disgrace to the institution.
Visit Asylum Down, Kanda, Nima, Maamobi, Pig Farm, Abelempke. Achimota, Tantra Hills, Sowutuom, Pokuase, Amasaman. just to mention but a few and see the numerous unemployed youth sitting in front of their houses because there's no job for them. In fact this is a very useless waste of money research and so is its findings.
REX 7 years ago

Don't worry, that's why a national identification system is being done.

Don't worry, that's why a national identification system is being done.
Toogb3 7 years ago

Master, before Gd and man, I don't trust the figure put out by the statistical service. My commonsense and basic statistics informs this judgement.
Assuming yearly you turn out about a 100,000 graduates, ask yourself in all ...
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Master, before Gd and man, I don't trust the figure put out by the statistical service. My commonsense and basic statistics informs this judgement.
Assuming yearly you turn out about a 100,000 graduates, ask yourself in all honesty that how many of them will gain employment? This figure may be for the final 7% of those who started class 1 and finally graduated from the universities. It is obvious there is no way graduate employment can take 100,000 in a year. Will anyone prove me wrong?
Also picture the scenario where nurses haven't been employed for 4 years and probably more. A huge percentage drop out at the shs level. Then also those who drop out at the basic level. So, assuming the remaining 97% are the drop outs at those levels, then how can you give such a figure which obviously isn't true?
Toogb3 7 years ago

Drop out should read unemployed.

Drop out should read unemployed.
John opoku 7 years ago

It is not the insults on the think that makes sense. The organization has done well to challenge the research. many at times some of the figures are wrong and makes decision making difficult. I have been following the ...
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It is not the insults on the think that makes sense. The organization has done well to challenge the research. many at times some of the figures are wrong and makes decision making difficult. I have been following the ilapi Ghana guys ib Tema and does great. I like the group and a good way putting such agencies to work to satisfy us all.

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