A Former Council of State Member, Nana Kodua Kesse is advocating for the abolishment of awarding contracts to people who have attained their retirement age to stay on the job.
 
He said the high level of graduate unemployed situation in the country could partly be attributed to this, saying, the number of people produced by the universities is 10 times the number of jobs available. It is for this reason that anyone who attains the stipulated retirement age of 60 should not be given any extension.

Nana Kodua Kesse, who is also the chief of Oyoko near Koforidua in the Eastern Region said this when the new Regional Minister, Julius Debrah called on him at his palace.

He was accompanied by his deputy, Mavis Ama Frimpong and the regional NDC party executives. The visit was to introduce himself to the chief as the minister responsible for the region.

According to him, the job market is chocked to the extent that the younger generation can only get easy access to work when pensioners leave the system to pave way for them.

Nana Kodua Kesse also expressed concern about the nature of the road network in the region especially the Akyem area roads and asked the new minister to try and fix them. He said most people are heckling the government on the current state of the economy and on some of its programmes and policies because they are not well informed.

He however charged the minister to encourage his Municipal and District Chief Executives to actively involve themselves in the public education in getting the information right down to the people.

On his part, the Regional Minister, Mr. Julius Debrah acknowledged the crucial roles of traditional leaders in shaping the society and its development and was optimistic to work closely with them to realize the vision of the government.

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