Government has released evidence that it claims shows it has created jobs in excess of one million in barely 13 months. The jobs are within the public service.
The claim was first made by Labour and Employment minister Ignatius Baffour Awuah on May Day.
| Jobs Created by Government from Jan. 2017 to March 2018 | ||||
| * The total number of people employed within the formal sector across the country from January 2017 to March 2018 is 1,096,404. | ||||
| * Out of the 1,096,404 jobs created, 987,461 (90.06%) were as a result of the various interventions of the various sectors. | ||||
| * There were also 108,943 employed into the formal Private Sector (according from SSNIT). | ||||
| * The details are provided in the table below. | ||||
| No | Ministry/Organisation | Agency | Total | |
| 1 | Interior | GPS, PS, GNFS, GIS | 3,500 | |
| 2 | Works and Housing | Ministry HQ | 4,039 | |
| 3 | Lands and Natural Resources | Forestry Commission, Mining | 24,678 | |
| 4 | Regional Reorganization and Dev’t | Ministry HQ | 5 | |
| 5 | Aviation | GACL, GCAA | 667 | |
| 6 | Transport | GMA, RMU, Ghana Shippers Auth., MMT, PSC Tema Shipyard, GTTC, DVLA, GPHA, VLTCL | 894 | |
| 7 | Trade and Industry | NBSSI, Gratis Foundation, REP, GIPC | 31,171 | |
| 8 | Sanitation and Water Resources | Ministry HQ | 193 | |
| 9 | Defence | Ghana Armed Forces | 2,050 | |
| 10 | Food and Agriculture | COCOBOD, Planting for Food and Jobs | 822,067 | |
| 11 | Environment, Science, Tech. and Innovation | GAEC, CSIR | 70 | |
| 12 | Gender, Children and Social Protection | Ministry HQ | 6,505 | |
| 13 | Employment and Labour Relations | Youth Employment Agency | 16,900 | |
| 14 | Health | Ministry HQ | 16,502 | |
| 15 | Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration | Ministry HQ | 15 | |
| 16 | Inner Cities and Zongo Dev’t | Youth in Arabic | 3,000 | |
| 17 | Education | Ghana Education Services | 33,160 | |
| 18 | Busines Development | NEIP (BSP), 75 Domes in Production | 21,500 | |
| 19 | Office of Government Machinery | Office of the Head of the Civil Service | 545 | |
| TOTAL | 987,461 | |||
| 20 | SSNIT | Private Sector (Formal) | 108,943 | |
| TOTAL | 108,943 | |||
| GRAND TOTAL | 1,096,404 | |||
| Officers Recruited into the Ghana Civil Service from January 2017 to March 2018 | ||
| Ministry/Department | Grade | Total |
| Controller and Acct Gen Dept | Driver.III.CLGS | 1 |
| Sub-Total | 1 | |
| Department of Chieftaincy | Asst Regional.Registrar.Regional House of Chiefs.II.CLGS | 13 |
| Asst.Director IIA..CLGS | 1 | |
| Court Clerk (House of Chief).II.CLGS | 3 | |
| Driver.III.CLGS | 2 | |
| Snr.Traditional Council Registrar..CLGS | 1 | |
| Traditional Council Registrar..CLGS | 2 | |
| Watchman Night..CLGS | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 24 | |
| Department of Children | Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Department of Factories Inspectorate | Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Driver.III.CLGS | 3 | |
| Factory Inspector..CLGS | 9 | |
| Stenographer Secretary..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 16 | |
| Department of Housing Loan Scheme | Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Sub-Total | 1 | |
| Department of Rural Housing | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Rent Manager..CLGS | 1 | |
| Security Guard..CLGS | 1 | |
| Senior Executive Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 5 | |
| Dept Of Births and Deaths | Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 2 |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Registrar Of Births And Deaths..CLGS | 7 | |
| Asst.Registration Officer.Birth And Deaths..CLGS | 1 | |
| Registration Assistant.Birth And Death.I.CLGS | 2 | |
| Registration Officer.Birth And Deaths..CLGS | 6 | |
| Sub-Total | 20 | |
| Dept Of Community Development | Asst.Community Devt Officer..CLGS | 5 |
| Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 | |
| Community Devt Asst..CLGS | 1 | |
| Community Devt Officer..CLGS | 21 | |
| Mass Education Officer..CLGS | 5 | |
| Watchman Day..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 34 | |
| Dept Of Cooperatives | Asst.Engineer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Internal Auditor Trainee..IAA | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Co-Operative Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Inspector Of Co-Operatives..CLGS | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 7 | |
| Dept Of Feeder Roads | Asst.Engineer..CLGS | 5 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Quantity Surveyor..CLGS | 2 | |
| Driver.III.CLGS | 2 | |
| Engineer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Headman.Labourer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Stenographer GD II..CLGS | 3 | |
| Surveying Technician | 1 | |
| Technical Officer.I.CLGS | 1 | |
| Technician Engineer/Engineering Technician..CLGS | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 20 | |
| Dept Of Parks and Gardens | Asst. Horticultural Officer..CLGS | 2 |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Dept Of Social Welfare | Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Social Development Officer..CLGS | 7 | |
| Social Devt Assistant..CLGS | 5 | |
| Social Devt Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 15 | |
| Dept of Town and Country Planning | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Town Planning Officer..CLGS | 9 | |
| Watchman Night..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 11 | |
| Dept Of Urban Roads | Asst.Engineer..CLGS | 13 |
| Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 1 | |
| Asst.Quantity Surveyor..CLGS | 6 | |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Estate Manager..CLGS | 1 | |
| Stenographer GD II..CLGS | 1 | |
| Surveying Technician | 1 | |
| Technician Engineer/Engineering Technician..CLGS | 12 | |
| Sub-Total | 36 | |
| Geological Survey Dept | Asst.Geologist..CLGS | 14 |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Geologist..CLGS | 1 | |
| Supply Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 17 | |
| Information Services Dept | Assistant.Information Officer..CLGS | 8 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Senior.Information Assistant..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 11 | |
| Labour Department | Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 1 |
| Labour Officer..CLGS | 9 | |
| Sub-Total | 10 | |
| Management Services Department | Asst.Management Analyst..CLGS | 9 |
| Sub-Total | 9 | |
| Min Of Agriculture | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 1 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Training Officer GD II..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 7 | |
| Min Of Aviation | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Supply Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Min Of Communications HQ | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Sub-Total | 3 | |
| Min Of Defence HQ | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 2 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Internal Auditor..IAA | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 9 | |
| Min Of Education Head Office | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 2 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Labourer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Snr. Programme Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 9 | |
| Min Of Employment and Labour Relation | Asst.Community Devt Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 3 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 5 | |
| Driver.III.CLGS | 2 | |
| Senior Executive Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 13 | |
| Min of Energy | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Engineer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Prin.Estate Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 6 | |
| Min Of Envt, Science, Technology and Innovation | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 2 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 3 | |
| Planning Officer/Rural Planning Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 6 | |
| Min Of Finance HQ | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 5 |
| Asst.Economic Officer..CLGS | 19 | |
| Asst.Economic Planning Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Snr.Computer Operator..CLGS | 1 | |
| Snr.Telephonist/Snr Receptionist..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sweeper/Cleaner/Charwoman..CLGS | 2 | |
| Telephonist/Receptionist..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 33 | |
| Min Of Fisheries and Aquaculture Devt | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Foreign Service Officer A5/Director IIB..CLGS | 3 | |
| Sub-Total | 4 | |
| Min Of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration | Asst.Computer Operator..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Systems Analyst..CLGS | 4 | |
| Driver.II.CLGS | 1 | |
| Foreign Service Officer A5/Director IIB..CLGS | 11 | |
| FSO B3/Principal Executive Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Prin.Computer Operator..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 19 | |
| Min Of Gender, Children and Social Protection | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 3 | |
| Sub-Total | 6 | |
| Min Of Health HQ | Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 2 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Research Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 4 | |
| Min Of Information | Asst.Information Officer.. | 1 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Min Of Interior | Asst.Programmer..CAGD | 1 |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Min Of Lands and Natural Resources | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 4 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Principal Executive Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 7 | |
| Min Of Local Govt and Rural Devt HQ | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmer..CAGD | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 4 | |
| Min Of Roads and Highways | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 2 | |
| Min Of Sanitation and Water Resources | Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Supply Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 3 | |
| Min Of Tourism, Arts And Culture | Assistant.State Protocol Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Asst.Tourism Officer..CLGS | 4 | |
| Sub-Total | 7 | |
| Min Of Trade and Industry HQ | Assistant.Industrial Promotion Officer..CLGS | 3 |
| Asst. Training Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Commercial Officer..CLGS | 8 | |
| Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Internal Auditor..IAA | 2 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 3 | |
| Asst.Records Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Prin.Storekeeper..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 21 | |
| Min Of Transport HQ | Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 2 |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Internal Auditor..IAA | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 4 | |
| Min Of Works and Housing | Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 2 | |
| Rent Manager..CLGS | 1 | |
| Sub-Total | 6 | |
| Min Of Youth and Sports HQ | Assistant. State Protocol Officer..CLGS | 1 |
| Asst.Director IIB..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Planning Officer/Asst. Rural Planning Office…CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmer..CLGS | 1 | |
| Asst.Programmes Officer..CLGS | 3 | |
