In an interview with 3news' labour correspondent monitored by MyNewsGH, Thomas Tanko Musah, the General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), bemoaned Ghana's fragile economy and what he expects from the incoming president John Dramani Mahama to handle it.
Reacting to the President's final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on January 3, 2025, Musah emphasized the importance of a broader approach to job creation, urging the President to engage more directly with private sector organizations such as the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Ghana Employers' Association (GEA). "Aside from his cabinet ministers, the President must engage the AGI and the Ghana Employers' Association because they are the people that can create the jobs for the teeming youth," Musah remarked.
He noted that the public sector, which traditionally absorbs a significant portion of the workforce, is now "choked," meaning there is limited capacity to create the kind of sustainable jobs needed for the growing population.
For Musah, collaboration with the private sector is vital to transforming the economy and creating a "twenty-four-hour economy" that can provide continuous opportunities across various sectors.