‘A growing economy with unemployed youth is a factory of frustration’ – Gideon Boako

Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament's Finance Committee and Tano North MP, Dr Gideon Boako The Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Gideon Boako, has argued that Ghana’s improving macroeconomic indicators will mean little unless they translate into jobs, warning that economic growth without employment risks deepening public frustration.

Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, July 25, during discussions on the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review presented by Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Tano North MP said government cannot measure success solely by favourable fiscal and macroeconomic statistics while thousands of young people remain unemployed.

Dr Boako said the country’s fiscal and economic policies should therefore be judged not only by headline growth figures but by their ability to stimulate private sector expansion, support entrepreneurship and create sustainable employment for the youth.