NPP will fulfil employment promises - Commey

Mr Lord Commey, National Organiser of New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the NPP would deliver on its campaign promise to create enough jobs for the unemployed youth.

It was for this reason that the government undertook to register all the under-employed and unemployed in November to enable proper assessment to be made to see how some of them could be placed, as employment opportunities were created as the party entered its second year in office.

Mr Commey, who was speaking at NPP victory rally at Ashaiman at which its agents were presented with certificates of appreciation, said the NPP was aware that their failure to provide employment for the youth would undermine the confidence they had in the party.

He said: "We know that if we are unable to provide employment you will use your thumb against us in the future. We know very well that the youth constituted a good majority of those who voted for the party."

Mr Commey said for the 20 whole years that the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) were in power their functionaries harassed the People.

He cited Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, former Minister of Regional Co-operation, who, he said was now pointing accusing fingers at the present government, as having harassed innocent citizens when he was the head of the Citizens Vetting Committee and rendered some people poorer when they took their wealth from them.

"It is because of their 20-mismanaged years that has created the unemployment situation, which the NPP government is seriously tackling and with proper planning as has been started, many people will be employed."

Mr Eric Kwatia, Assistant Secretary of the African Liberal Youth, commended the NPP youth, who sacrificed their time and energy to campaign and also supervised the elections to check all acts of malpractice and expressed the hoped that they would continue to be loyal to the party as it entered its second year in office.