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The presidential candidate of the Democratic National Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, promised to provide resources and reform the public sector to make it more effective and create sustainable jobs for young people as a team in his next administration.
He said an analysis of the Human Resources Gap (HR Gap) conducted by the NDC showed that although there were many vacancies in public sector institutions, agencies were less equipped, not fully resourced and lacked the capacity to fill those gaps.
He said that as part of the party’s plan to create 250,000 jobs in a year during his second term, the party had resolved to make public institutions such as the Ghana Health Service, the Ghana Education Service and the various agencies of more effective and able to fill the various vacancies that were currently loading.
Camaraderie
The former president declared the NDC’s job creation strategy when he met with some young entrepreneurs at an evening gathering in Accra on Wednesday. [November 4, 2020].
The engagement, which was interactive, provided an opportunity for the NDC presidential candidate to highlight some of the promises contained in the party’s manifesto and also answer questions about how the party intends to govern when it is given the mandate in the elections of 7 September. December.
“Job creation will not only be a burden for employers and the private sector. This explains why we have conducted a comprehensive Human Resource Gap (HR Gap) study in the public sector, ”he assured young business leaders from the private sector.
He explained that “the analysis shows that there was also more space for the employment of graduates in the public sector. The Ghana Health Service has a human resource gap of 76,795 ”.
At the Ghana Education Service, he said the study found there was a gap of 98,650.
The security services, which comprise the Ghana National Fire Service, the Ghana Immigration Service, the Ghana Prison Service, the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces, according to the former president, also have more 100,000 job vacancies.
As a result, he said, “NABCO youth with temporary public sector jobs and graduates can be assured of permanent employment based on the Human Resources Gap Analysis we have conducted.”
Tax exemption
Mahama said that in his next administration, all small businesses will be completely exempt from corporate and individual income tax, as promised in the People’s Manifesto.
He said the NDC would also reduce business income tax from 25 percent to 15 percent for midsize businesses.
In addition, he said that newly established medium-sized companies employing up to 20 people will be completely exempt from paying corporate income tax for one year.
Mr. Mahama also assured the meeting that the next NDC government would waive import duties on commercial vehicles and other equipment imported into the country for commercial, industrial and agricultural purposes.
“To save our struggling local auto industry from the collapse at Suame Magazine, Kokompe and Abossey Okai, we will revise the (Amendment) Customs Law of 2020 (Law 1014) and remove the law prohibiting the importation of salvage vehicles,” he said. .
He explained that the vehicle assembly companies would operate as a complement to the local industry, but not to cancel the daily bread of the Ghanaians.
Rural investment
The former president also stressed that his next government would introduce a Rural Investor Incentive (RII) to motivate entrepreneurs to install factories in rural areas.
“Dear entrepreneurs, we want you to locate some of your businesses in rural areas where raw materials are produced. You will create jobs and help address rural urban migration, ”he said.
Mr. Mahama explained that under the RII, entrepreneurs who locate their businesses in rural areas would be exempt from dividend and capital gains tax.
He said the next NDC government would introduce additional special tax incentives for indigenous value chain entrepreneurs in mineral processing, petroleum-based, agriculture-based and pulp and paper-based industries.
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