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National Democratic Congress (NDC) Youth Organiser for Tamale North Constituency, Mohammed Aliu has chided the Akufo-Addo-led government for the decision to end the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) policy, describing it as “unfortunate”.
In a press release copied to this portal, Mr. Ali said this will further worsen the unemployment rate in the country which is currently over 13%.
He noted that the erstwhile John Mahama government left the unemployment rate at 5.4 %.
“It will be recalled that in January 2017, when this administration took over power, the unemployment rate that was left behind by the Mahama administration was 5.45 percent”, he said.
“Instead of putting in place policies that will create sustainable jobs for our teaming youth, this government was rather engaged in temporary, vote-buying schemes that were always bound to fail. Our unemployment rate has thus risen from 5.45 to 13.4 percent since this government assumed the reigns of this country”, the Tamale North NDC Youth Organiser added.
Read the full statement below:
PRESS RELEASE ON THE UNFORTUNATE AND INSENSITIVE SACKING OF
NABCO AND YEA EMPLOYEES
Today, September 1, 2022 is one of the darkest days in our fourth-republican history. The Akufo Addo-Bawumia administration has taken the decision to add over a hundred thousand of our country men and women to the current worsening unemployment situation.
It will be recalled that in January 2017, when this administration took over power, the unemployment rate that was left behind by the Mahama administration was 5.45 percent. Instead of putting in place policies that will create sustainable jobs for our teaming youth, this government was rather engaged in temporary, vote-buying schemes that were always bound to fail. Our unemployment rate has thus risen from 5.45 to 13.4 percent since this government assumed the reigns of this country.
As of today, all NABCO employees have been officially sent home by this insensitive government to add to the already worsening unemployment situation. As if that was not bad enough, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has also directed all employees under the Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) model and the School Support Module to vacate their posts as of today. These decisions only go to buttress the fact that not only is the Akufo Addo-Bawumia administration insensitive to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian, they have also lost touch with the real challenges and concerns of the citizenry.
We are by this press release calling on the president, Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo, to as a matter of urgency, pay all outstanding allowances owed the NABCO and YEA employees, and direct the closure of all the redundant NABCO offices and secretariats across the country to save
the country the cost involved in running those non-functional offices. We also demand the immediate sacking of the Chief Executive Officer of NABCO, Dr. Ibrahim Anyas, since there is no more work to do in that office.
Finally, we want to urge the youth and all citizens in general not to despair. The unprecedented hardships we are witnessing under this government is something we have never witnessed in this fourth republic. However, the days of this government are numbered, the next administration of the NDC shall restore hope to the citizenry, and steer this country back onto the path of prosperity
and development.
SIGNED:
Ali Gbirma
Tamale North Constituency Youth Organiser
National Democratic Congress (NDC)
0241961795 / 0506835649
