{
  "id": 5937857,
  "title": "Labour minister urges ministries to show job-creation impact in budget proposals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/labour-minister-urges-ministries-to-show-job-creation-impact-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T05:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/labour-minister-urges-ministries-to-show-job-creation-impact-in-budget-proposals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Minister for Labour, Employment and Job Creation Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum has called on ministries to illustrate how their budget proposals will generate employment opportunities. He has instructed the ministry’s director to draft a paper for Cabinet outlining the need to incorporate job creation into budget submissions. Agyekum emphasized that the government must intentionally utilize its spending plans to generate jobs, boost productivity, and foster industrialization. During his inaugural meeting with department heads and the ministry's management, he stressed that budget submissions should aim to create jobs. The minister also tasked staff to investigate how other nations have tackled unemployment and identify strategies that could be adapted to Ghana's context. He noted that unemployment is a widespread issue and asked how other countries have managed to address it and how Ghana can overcome its own challenges. Agyekum pledged to develop plans and roadmaps for job creation across various sectors and urged staff to submit practical ideas to enhance productivity and address Ghana's unemployment predicament, urging them to provide solutions that would boost productivity.",
  "summary": "The Minister for Labour, Employment and Job Creation, Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, has urged ministries to demonstrate how their budget proposals will contribute to job creation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}