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General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has lauded government for the Nation Builders Corps policy.But, he is worried about the implementation of the policy. The Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) is a government initiative aimed at addressing graduate unemployment in Ghana. The programme was launched by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May 1, 2018. Central to its objectives is to engage the raw talents of unemployed graduates and equip them with skills through a process of value addition and training. The scheme will this year employ 100,000 graduates under seven modules, namely; Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Digitize Ghana, CivicGhana and Enterprise Ghana. Placement in the NaBCo will last for a period of 3 years under a stipend of GH¢700 every month. The NaBCo is opened to all Ghanaians who have discharged their national service obligations. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ programme, he explained that t...

Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has told NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketia to learn that Ghanaians cannot be deceived by the politics of lies, deceit and acrimonious propaganda. This follows the immature comments made by Asiedu Nketia at an elementally shambolic “Unity Walk” event in Kumasi that President Akufo-Addo has legalized same sex marriage in Ghana. Contained in a timely statement issued from the Presidency, Director of Communications Eugene Arhin told Asiedu Nketia to wean himself of the childish perception that Ghanaians are ignorant and would swallow whatever falsehood he spews. “We will neither ask for an apology nor a retraction from the NDC General Secretary, who obviously, is still stuck in the age of politics of lies, deceit and propaganda, which was rejected decisively by discerning Ghanaians in the 2016 general elections.” The statement said. Eugene Arhin also stated that Asiedu Nketia’s comments were nothing but a baseless and vile fa...