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Bernard Mornah has called on the Mahama administration to ensure that its much-touted economic reset translates into concrete job creation, warning that macroeconomic stability without employment offers little relief to struggling Ghanaians.
In a statement shared on his Facebook page, Mornah acknowledged that President John Mahama’s first year in office has restored a measure of fiscal discipline and renewed confidence among international partners. However, he argued that stability alone cannot be the ultimate goal of economic management.
According to him, rising living costs and persistently high youth unemployment have exposed the limits of the government’s cautious reform approach, turning economic policy into a daily burden for ordinary citizens rather than a source of opportunity.
“The economy cannot be declared healthy while millions of young people remain without work,” Mornah wrote, stressing that unemployment is not only an economic failure but a social and security risk.
He criticised what he described as an overemphasis on expenditure controls and fiscal consolidation without a clear, aggressive employment strategy, warning that such an approach risks protecting entrenched interests while deepening inequality.
Mornah called for a shift from policy intentions to measurable outcomes, urging the government to prioritise industrial expansion, local value addition, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises as pathways to sustainable job creation.
He further argued that job creation must be treated as an emergency, not a long-term aspiration, insisting that slogans and assurances would not satisfy a generation facing shrinking opportunities.
The political activist concluded that the success or failure of the economic reset would ultimately be judged by its impact on livelihoods, saying stability that does not create jobs is stability without hope.
Emmanuel Mensah
