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The government is set to review all of its flagship policies, information minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said. “All the 16 flagship programs are up to be looked at. The President has directed that the flagship programs should be protected and fully implemented to ensure that the impact is achieved. However, he wants …

Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) are planning a protest should their meeting with government fail to yield positive results. The group had protested over the non-payment of their six months allowances in February, which prompted the payment of two months arrears. But they are now asking for the …

  Government justifies move to introduce E-levy Minority maintains opposition to E-levy Chieftaincy Ministry backtracks on sacking NABCO beneficiaries Deputy Majority leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has reiterated government’s plan to use revenue accrued from the controversial Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) to support entrepreneurship in the private sector. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta speaking to GraphicOnline …

Government says the remaining 67,000 beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) who have not yet secured jobs will not be laid off this year. Instead two windows; the YouStart program and a Digital inclusion program will gradually absorb them in batches during the next fiscal. Announcing this during the …

Editorial: The Future Of Nabco Trainees After October 2021 The three years contract for the trainees is nearly coming to and end , obviously the trainees have only a month to say good bye to the program what has the government has to payback for the sacrifice of these one …

  President of policy think tank Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation (ILAPI), Peter Bismark Kwofie, has noted that the Nation Builders Corps, which was established to create jobs opportunity for graduates, is near collapse. He said although the original plan was to help beneficiaries establish their own businesses, the …

Youth Groups in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Northern Regional capital of Tamale has expressed worry at the fact that the government’s interventions to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country fell in the wrong hands. According to the youth groups, slots for NABCO, planting for food …

The Ministry of Health has absorbed more than 9,000 National Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees permanently while the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is also processing the permanent engagement of 16,000 trainees. Mr Mohammed Baba Darison, NABCO Greater Accra Regional Coordinator, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency, said almost 15,000 …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will make the Nation Builders’ Corps (NABCo) trainees permanent staff should it win the upcoming elections. Discussing the NDC 2020 manifesto on JoyNews’ The Lockdown on Sunday, the party’s Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said creating jobs for the youth will be a major policy …

The NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to convert their job placements to permanent ones at the expiry of their three-year contract period. Katakyie Dennis Opoku Asiedu, the National President of the Association, led the executives and some members of NABTAG to present …