5,000 to Be Employed Under Government’s Agricultural Initiative
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Eric Opoku, has expressed concern over the growing unemployment among graduates from veterinary and agricultural institutions in Ghana.
Many of these graduates, who completed their studies between 2015 and 2025, remain without jobs, raising serious concerns about the future of the country’s agricultural sector.
According to the Minister, the government is currently unable to hire external officers to supervise key agricultural initiatives due to budgetary constraints. This lack of supervision, he warned, poses a threat to the successful implementation of sustainable agricultural practices nationwide.
In a decisive move to address both the supervision gap and the graduate unemployment crisis, President John Dramani Mahama, in partnership with the National Service Scheme, has launched an initiative to create 5,000 jobs under the Feed Ghana project. The initiative seeks to boost food security and agricultural productivity across the country.
Minister Opoku stated that the newly recruited personnel will be deployed across schools, churches, workplaces, and other community institutions to expand the reach and impact of the Feed Ghana initiative. The project not only aims to integrate unemployed graduates into the workforce but also to revitalize local food systems and strengthen Ghana’s agricultural foundation.
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