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The
Ministry
of
Employment
and
Labour
Relations
(MELR)
has
said
that
it
will
focus
on
creating
more
jobs
in
waste
management
under
the
Green
Jobs
Project.
According
to
Director
of
Projects
at
the
ministry,
Ernest
Berko,
the
ministry,
the
Green
Jobs
Project
will
help
reduce
the
teeming
unemployed
youth
in
the
country.
Statistics
put
out
by
the
International
Labour
Organization,
more
than
18
million
jobs
can
be
created
from
waste
management.
In
the
case
of
Ghana,
more
than
half
a
million
youth
are
into
waste
management.
However,
the
management
of
the
waste
has
become
a
major
a
problem.
Under
the
Green
Job
policy,
government
through
the
MELR
has
initiated
steps
to
create
adequate
jobs
for
the
economy.
Based
on
that,
the
Ministry
has
mobilized
some
waste
collectors
to
educate
them
about
green
jobs.
Mr
Ernest
Berko
said,
the
Ministry
will
not
relent
on
its
job
creation
agenda.
“The
Green
Jobs
Project
is
actually
something
that
we
can
promote
to
create
employment
across
the
sectors,
it
is
not
only
about
waste.
Currently,
as
we
speak
waste
management
presents
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
start
from
since
we
have
people
already
in
the
business
all
they
need
is
to
be
organized
and
be
supported
in
what
they
do,”
he
stated.
Director
of
Policy
Planning
Monitoring
and
Evaluation
Gloria
Noi
Borteley
underscored
the
role
of
the
Ministry
in
dealing
with
the
informal
sector.
“This
is
to
showcase
the
project
and
business
model
that
demonstrate
the
commitment
through
job
creation
and
waste
management
and
recycling
sector
through
cooperative
and
we
will
also
identify
challenges
and
barriers
hindering
the
growth
and
explore
ways
to
manage
it,”
she
stated.