Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Alhassan Tampuli has explained the reason why the Minority wore black attire to Parliament for President John Dramani Mahama’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, February 27.
He says the action was in solidarity with the Ghanaians who were unjustifiably sacked by the Mahama administration.
“The Minority’s black outfit in parliament today is in solidarity with the many Ghanaian employees who have been unjustifiably dismissed by the NDC Mahama government. The Ghanaian youth deserve better,” he wrote on Facebook.
During proceedings in Parliament, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, told President John Dramani Mahama that at the time that he is complaining about rising youth unemployment, his administration, in less than one hundred days, has sacked a lot of youth who were employed by the previous administration.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament after President Mahama’s State of the Nation Address, he said “he is telling us today that we have 2.2million youths unemployed but what he has forgotten is that in his administration, in less than 100 days all we know is sack them, and dismissals, On the streets of Accra today, the youth of the country are saying Maham baako termination bebreebeee [To wit: With Just Mahama, we have a lot of termination of appointments].”
During the SONA, President John Dramani Mahama said that youth unemployment is the biggest challenge facing Ghana.
He notes that youth unemployment threatens national security. To that end, he said, he has set up the Ministry of Youth Development to address the concerns of youth unemployment.
The President said “The youth unemployment has led to despair and frustration. This poses a major security risk to our country and requires urgent attention.”
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