Micheal Baba Awine, Constituency Secretary for Bongo, has described the government’s performance on employment as positive while stressing that no administration can create jobs for everyone overnight.
Speaking on the Vom Y3lla Show on Bluewaves Radio, Awine said recruitment into the security services, teaching and nursing forms part of government’s mandatory responsibilities and must continue gradually. He insisted, however, that appointments must be made in a free environment where only genuinely qualified candidates are selected on merit.
“What I call the MPP way of employment where people have to pay thousands of money to be recruited to go and work is unacceptable,” he said. “I think government has done very well by curbing that menace of people paying for jobs.”
Awine noted that the health sector is expected to open opportunities for skilled services in November and said progress must be steady and orderly.
He stressed that government policies and programmes must be matched by financial balance. While acknowledging that his side does not control the national purse, he said constituency actors still have a duty to lobby for projects that directly benefit their people.
“Whether they are sharing the national cake or whatever, if you don’t cry, you won’t get it,” Awine said, recalling an earlier engagement at Desert Pastures Church. He cited the chief of Kologo, who publicly requested a secondary school and a police station; directives were promptly issued to address the needs.
Awine said similar efforts would be pursued for Bongo communities. He identified education as a priority, particularly the provision of furniture for existing schools rather than new structures alone. As an assemblyman, he said the shortage of furniture remains a pressing problem affecting many communities.
He urged continued advocacy so that local needs receive the attention they deserve.
By Gayheart Abraham
Source: Mybluewavesonline.Com| Maurice Duncan | Bolgatanga
