Just as i predicted; Something was behind the drive towards single digit inflation and disinflation, while people wallowed in unemployment and unable to feed their families. In the 24th September edition of the Daily Graphic, my suspisions were confirmed, when the experienced Finance Minister of the Republic, Kwabena Dufuor mentioned the kick-starting of a Development Agenda beginning in 2011 and ending in 2013. This new path replaces the GPRS11 that was started by the NPP, initially GPRS1, as part of the HIPC initiative. Again, we can not plot our own development strategies without recourse to ending policies started by previous administrations.

This strategy, interestingly comes at the expiry of public-sector employment freeze, a conditionality for the approval of a 300million dollar loan from the IDA (http://www.ghanatouristvillas.com/news2/228491/1/freeze-on-public-sector-employment-unjustifiable.html), nearly to years ago. What we should expect is that, unemployment will fall, but people will resort to dubious ways of getting jobs, and corruption would rise as more graduates like myself seek out the few jobs that would be available early next year. This, coupled with the kick-starting of the census process, and an amount of not less than GHS 310 million, in the hands of enumerators, as well as  onset of the dry season would push prices up again. We can only hope that, when the CPI starts breaking unwanted records, some recent graduates like myself have pay checks to pay for food and higher utility tariffs.

For the sake of this country and political stability, i hope it is an Employment Agenda we will pursue!!

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