YEA, GES partner to hire over 10,000 school staff

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The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to recruit 10,000 qualified persons to serve the Secondary, Junior High and Primary schools across the country.

The over 10,000 personnel would serve as kitchen assistants, security guards and teaching assistants to augment and fill the gaps within the GES.

Giving a short address on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer of YEA, a Deputy CEO in Charge of Operations, Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim, said the current agreement was the third MoU with the GES.

He mentioned that the YEA, in 2015 and 2018, signed MoUs with the GES, and was having good working relations as far as those agreements were concerned.

According to him, the latest agreement would enable the YEA to recruit 4,000 kitchen assistants, 4,000 security guards and 4,000 teaching assistants in a bid to beef up staffing situations in schools across the country.

“This MoU is for the YEA to assist the GES to run educational services effectively, and in doing so, they need requisite staff, hence the YEA is coming on board to assist the GES in some respective areas by recruiting teaching assistants, kitchen assistants, and security guards for schools,” he said.

Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim noted that persons who would be recruited as teaching assistants in the Senior, Junior and Primary schools must have a minimum qualification of a Diploma certificate.

This set of personnel, according to him, shall receive a monthly allowance of GHC 1,000.00. He averred that the YEA had recognized the qualifications within the GES, and decided to follow that to recruit the teaching assistants under the programme.

For both the security guards and kitchen staff, they will receive GHC500 as a monthly allowance. He explained that the YEA was supporting the GES with part of its entitlements under the GETFund, and called on prospective applicants to apply for any of the vacancies listed above.

For his part, Mr. Stephen Kweku Owusu, GES Deputy Director-General of Management Service, expressed gratitude to the YEA for assisting the Service in that regard.

According to him, the over 10,000 personnel, when recruited, would go a long way to help the GES augment its staff, and reduce the pressure on already existing staff. This, he said, would boost teaching and learning for better results in schools.

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Minerals Commission refutes understaffing claim

The Minerals Commission of Ghana has firmly refuted claims of understaffing, asserting that it possesses adequate resources to fulfil its inspection and regulatory duties.

Speaking during a parliamentary hearing before the Government Assurances Committee yesterday, Martin Ayisi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, addressed concerns regarding reports of staffing challenges.

Ayisi reassured the committee that the Commission had both the personnel and logistics needed to effectively oversee the mining sector.

Ayisi’s remarks come in response to widespread reports suggesting the Commission was facing operational difficulties due to staffing shortages.

However, the CEO confidently dismissed these allegations, emphasizing that the Commission was well-equipped to manage its responsibilities efficiently.

“Capacity-wise, I think we’re okay. I was listening to the news this morning, and I heard one of the radio stations talking about capacity, [that] we’re understaffed; it’s not the case. In fact, I heard someone say that our 7 inspectors have been dismissed, but that is not the case.

“In terms of resources for training, in terms of resources to hire more people, we are okay,” he said.

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Economic turnaround driving companies back to Ghana- Finance Minister

The Minister of Finance, Mohammed Amin Adam, says foreign companies are returning to Ghana due to the country’s economic rebound.

He said that just as it was heard of some foreign companies exiting the country due to economic hardship, many had started returning, owing to the positive growth in the first half of 2024.

“We were told that some companies left Ghana when the economy went down, and it’s important to note that companies are returning to Ghana because they see that the growth trajectory is positive,” he said.

“The latest is Virgin Atlantic (an airline company that left the country in 2013), which said only yesterday (October 6, 2024) that they’ve returned to Ghana to operate as an airline because they see economic recovery,” he noted during the second Quarterly Economic Roundtable discussion yesterday in Accra.

The event, jointly organised by the Ministry of Finance and the University of Ghana, was under the theme “Driving economic growth through Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

The Finance Minister indicated that some other companies were also returning to the country, but yet to be heard of.

“Let’s get ready for them to build strong partnerships, and use that capital, expertise, and technology that they’re bringing in so that we can leverage them to support the growth of the economy,” Dr Amin Adam told Ghanaian businesses.

Referencing figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), he stated that the economic growth for 2024 was exceeding every expectation, prompting major analysts and keen observers to revise their projections upwards.

The Minister noted that the country’s half-year Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 5.8 percent for 2024 was the highest in the last five years, which was a testament that the economy was “back on track.”

“It is fascinating to note that the growth of 4.8 percent in quarter one and 6.9 percent in quarter two was driven largely by industry and agriculture sectors, for quarter two, all three sectors, including services drove the growth,” he said.

“What this means is that we are back on track. It also means that our policies to support the private sector are having a significant impact. Economic actors in these sectors are receiving needed support,” the Finance Minister said.

He encouraged all Ghanaians to be guided by unity of purpose on SMEs to consolidate the strides made in fiscal consolidation, debt restructuring, and economic reforms.

Pledging the government’s sustained support to SMEs, he said, “You are not alone or lonely. You are a priority of the Ghanaian society and this Government. We will not fail you.”

Mr Kyle Kelhofer, Senior Country Manager, International Finance Corporation (IFC), noted that the current macroeconomic landscape in Ghana required a resilient, flexible and innovative structure.

He called for a concerted effort from all stakeholders, including financial institutions, academia, government, and the private sector, to drive sustainable economic growth through SMEs.

Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, encouraged all stakeholders to ensure that the ideas and recommendations from the discussions were translated into actions that would improve development outcomes and the wellbeing of Ghanaians.

She reiterated that SMEs remained the backbone of the Ghanaian economy, providing jobs, and contributing significantly to GDP.

She recommended that policy interventions be directed at solving the cumbersome regulatory processes, limited access to finance, complex tax systems, and high utility tariffs, which often hampered the growth of SMEs.