According to data compiled by the government’s statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, two-thirds of those in employment are in vulnerable jobs.
In an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM, Professor Annim discussed Ghana’s rising jobless rate of 14.7% and voiced concern that the situation might be more difficult than the numbers indicate.
He emphasized that a significant proportion of Ghanaian workers experience vulnerabilities related to their employment status.
“When it comes to the Ghanaian economy, of those who are employed, two-thirds are in vulnerable employment. We have about 20,000 people who have been unemployed for a period of the seven quarters that we have and if you take the last six months, we have in excess of 1.3 million people who have stayed unemployed,” Prof. Annim informed host Bernard Avle.
He also urged finding ways to enhance the working conditions of employed people to be the focus of national conversations.
He asked legislators to concentrate on developing strategies that tackle the various issues that the working population faces.“And with all these categorizations that we have in terms of the unemployment spell, we have tertiary holders as part of it so these are the details that I always encourage that conversations should be segued to so that policymakers will be directed in their thoughts on how to deal with the unemployment situation.”
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) Quarterly Household Income and Expenditure Survey Quarter Three Labour Bulletin revealed that the nation’s average unemployment rate had increased to 14.7% during the first three quarters of 2023. The disclosure highlights the need for sophisticated approaches to tackle job insecurity and unemployment in Ghana.
