The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has backed calls for more Ghanaian youth to venture into entrepreneurship.
Mr. Osei Owusu, who is popularly known as Joe Wise, said the call by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is a right one.
He bemoaned the miseducation of a lot of Ghanaians and the archaic mentality they have about white collar jobs.
Speaking on Kumasi-based Ultimate 106.9 FM and monitored by www.myrepubliconline.com, he described miseducation as the phenomenon of attending school for certificates with no regard for employable skills, vocational and technical competence that could lead to entrepreneurship.
He explained, “We are miseducated because as soon as we go beyond secondary school, we think that we are not supposed to work with our hands. An engineer doesn’t want to touch dirty oil. He always wants to be wearing an overcoat and give instructions to people instead of us creating with our minds.”
