The Minority in Parliament has accused President John Dramani Mahama of orchestrating mass dismissals of young Ghanaians from public sector jobs, describing him as “Terminator 1” due to the alleged job cuts.
At a press conference on Monday, March 3, former Minister for Finance Dr Mohammed Amin Adam criticised the Mahama-led administration, claiming it is deliberately sacking employees to create vacancies for party loyalists.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is now a notorious fact that, to create vacancies for the purpose of employing NDC youth, the Mahama administration has sacked thousands of young Ghanaians who had been properly employed by the previous administration,” Dr Amin Adam stated.
He argued that the government’s approach does not qualify as genuine job creation, asserting that removing individuals from employment only to replace them with new hires distorts the true employment figures.
“The termination of the jobs of young Ghanaians, which has become synonymous with President Mahama—‘Terminator 1’—is a sign of what is yet to come. Sacking people from employment and replacing them later with others does not amount to job creation,” he added.
The Minority also questioned the viability of Mahama’s proposed job creation programmes, dismissing them as unsustainable. They argued that the government should focus on creating new jobs for the unemployed rather than replacing sacked employees.
“What the people of Ghana want are new jobs for those yet to be employed. President Mahama knows that the programmes he outlined—‘nkoko nkitinkiti’ [Chicks] and the rest—cannot create sustainable jobs for the Ghanaian youth. Hence, the resort to termination of existing jobs for future replacement to shore up his job numbers,” Dr Amin Adam concluded.
The Minority has vowed to resist what they describe as unfair dismissals and will continue to advocate for job security and genuine employment opportunities for Ghanaians.
