Education, employment and health lead voter concerns for 2024 Elections – NCCE Report

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has identified education, employment and healthcare as the top concerns for voters ahead of the 2024 elections.

According to the NCCE’s latest report, many voters are particularly focused on issues related to the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, while younger voters increasingly prioritize employment opportunities.

At the launch of the report, Dr. Henrietta Sarpong, NCCE’s Director of Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation, emphasized that these areas consistently rank as key priorities for citizens.

She expressed concern over the ongoing issues in these sectors, as they reflect the electorate’s dissatisfaction and their desire for improved policies and services.

“The top five ranked issues were education, employment, health, roads and infrastructure and issues related to the economy. Those were the top five, the others were the middle, and then we have sports and climate change.

“There’s a lot of talk on climate change and most of you will attest to the fact that Ghanaians are not too cool in terms of climate change and ICT.

“Across regions, we have four regions having the same picture as the national as in the issues that are of concern to Ashanti, Central, Savannah. The others have issues which were different from the top five. Across the issue of Gender, the top five issues we see in this graph are the fact that for education, employment, and health, women and females are more concerned about addressing these issues.

“When it comes to roads and infrastructure, the men are keen on that. When it comes to the economy, and inflation among others, we have more females than males. Then we also try to compare across age groups and we find those within the 20-39 age group.

“I know that population was the highest, but on average, those within the working bracket are very keen about the issues,” he stated.