The New Patriotic Party's (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asserted that the Akufo-Addo administration has outperformed all others in job creation, generating a remarkable 2.1 million jobs amid the global economic crisis from 2017 to 2022.

Speaking at the UPSA auditorium in Accra, Vice President Bawumia highlighted the government's achievements, noting the recruitment of 100,000 additional health workers, a similar number of teachers, and a doubling of fire service personnel recruitment.

He underscored the government's success in creating jobs, with 1.2 million hires in the public sector and 975,000 in the private sector, according to SSNIT data.

“What is probably the most remarkable development in terms of the economy is that our government has created 2.1 million jobs between 2017 and 2022 notwithstanding the global economic crisis. The public sector recruited 1.2 million people while the private sector created 975,000 jobs (per SSNIT data) . We recruited 100,000 more health workers, 100,000 more teachers, more than doubled the fire service personnel, etc. Our government has quite clearly created more jobs in a seven year period than any government. This is truly remarkable under the circumstances even though we still have to create more jobs,” he remarked.

Despite the economic challenges, Vice President Bawumia emphasized the government's adept navigation, steering the nation away from catastrophe.

He pointed to the resilient performance of the economy in various aspects, including GDP growth, agricultural and industrial expansion, trade balance, gross international reserves, and notable job creation.

Acknowledging the need for continued job creation, Vice President Bawumia expressed the government's commitment to enhancing its achievements.

“Clearly notwithstanding the economic crisis, this government has been able to steer the ship of the nation away from catastrophe. In the face of the crisis, the overall performance of the economy in areas such as GDP Growth, agricultural growth, industrial growth, trade balance, gross international reserves and job creation demonstrated resilience. Available data also shows that notwithstanding the challenging economy we inherited, and the global economic crisis that ensued, government has chalked a large number of achievements across the country. Due to time constraints.”

He teased the forthcoming release of the "Performance Tracker," detailing accomplishments across sectors and districts in Ghana. The tracker aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the government's contributions to the nation's development.