The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) has delivered what it calls the “True State of the Nation” address, challenging the accuracy of President John Dramani Mahama’s recent presentation to Parliament.
According to the Minority caucus, the President’s address did not reflect the true state of affairs in the country.
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Below is the full speech delivered by former Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam.
THE TRUE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY THE NPP MINORITY CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE – 3RD MARCH 2025
The Mahama administration made a lot of political gains by highlighting the plight of young Ghanaians who were yet to get jobs after over 2 million others had gotten jobs in the 8years of the NPP administration. They promised two more people for each job under the 24-hour economy program.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is now a notorious fact that, to create vacancies for the purpose of employing NDC youth, the Mahama administration has sacked thousands of young Ghanaians who had been properly employed by the previous administration. The termination of the jobs of young Ghanaians which has become synonymous with President Mahama “Terminator 1” is a sign of what is yet to come. Sacking people from employment and replacing them later with others does not amount to job creation.
What the people of Ghana wants are new jobs for those yet to be employed. President Mahama
knows that the programmes he outlined in his statement – “nkoko nkitinkiti” and the rest cannot create sustainable jobs for the Ghanaian youth, hence the resort to termination of existing jobs for future replacement to shore up his job numbers.
This is after President Mahama had argued in 2016 that it was legitimate for an outgoing administration to recruit and sign deals up until the midnight of January 7 the following year when its term expires. Not only are the double standards worrying, but the dismissals will no doubt worsen the unemployment situation which he promised to fix. The thousands who have been dismissed have been condemned to suffering and
hardship.
