Mr W. Baah-Boateng, Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana (UG) on Monday urged graduates to be innovative by developing their entrepreneurial skills to improve their livelihood.
He said through such innovation, they could create jobs for themselves and others in society.
Mr. Boateng made the call when he delivered a lecture on the �The Two Year Net Freeze in Public Sector Employment; Prospects and Challenges for the Business Student�, in Accra.
The lecture formed part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of Valley View University Corporate Day.
It is on the theme; �30 Years of Excellent Seventh-Day Adventist Tertiary Education; Leadership and Trailblazing in Ghana�s Private Education.�
The university has 3,200 students out of which 300 would graduate this academic year.
It has seven departments; Business, Computer and Information Technology, Development Studies, Education, University Access Programme, Theology and Religion and Nursing.
Mr Boateng said over the years, there had been a shift in the role of the public sector as employer or facilitator and urged the graduates to change the trend.
However, he said they should not be too selective in the choice of �desirable� jobs because some jobs could be used as stepping stone for better times in future.
He noted that high cost of credit, unhealthy competition from cheap imports and many structural bottlenecks continued to hamper private sector growth, adding that many people in the working group who found unemployment unbearable sought refuge in the informal economy termed as a �dumping ground� of waste from the formal sector.
Professor Kwame Ameyaw Domfeh, Lecturer at the Department of Public Administration and Health Service Management, of the UG, said business schools had significant role to play in the socio-economic development of the country.
�I view management education as having the potential to positively impact business and society to a significant greater extent than has yet been achieved, �he said.
Prof. Domfeh explained that business schools were obliged to undertake research for advancing operational and organisational efficiency and effectiveness and should therefore accept the challenge and conduct studies on development.
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