Youth unemployment hits 32.5%, Oppong Nkrumah recommends new strategies

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has warned that Ghana’s youth unemployment crisis is worsening, with the rate among 15 to 24-year-olds climbing to 32.5% by the third quarter of 2025. Delivering a statement of urgent national importance in Parliament, he said the figures from the Ghana Statistical Service show that nearly two million young Ghanaians are neither earning nor learning, and the situation demands immediate action. Citing the Quarterly Labour Force St…