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The initiative is expected to absorb the expected 300,000 yearly entrants into the workforce and reduce current unemployment levels by 120,000 each year.

The Party’s Employment and Jobs Creation Committee announced the initiative at a briefing in Accra on Monday.

A statement signed and issued by Mr Goosie Tanoh, Chairman, Employment and Jobs Creation Committee, NDC, said the NDC would achieve the milestone through five pillars, including modernising and revamping employment institutions and legislation focused on job creation.

The Party said it would implement what it termed as “Aspire 24” programme to reorient employer and employee mindsets and implement the “National Employment Trust” to mobilise resources for “concerted jobs push”.

Other initiatives include the implementation of the “Levelling Up” programme to ensure inclusiveness in employment, and coordination through a high-level “National Employment Coordination Committee”.

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