Educational orientation worsening youth unemployment in Ghana – Asiedu Nketia

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for a reorientation of Ghana’s educational system to emphasise innovation and entrepreneurship as a strategy to tackle the country’s growing youth unemployment.


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