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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...

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has become uncomfortable and troubled following the launch of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo). The NDC has expressed its opposition to government’s plan to hire 100,000 unemployed graduates as part of NABCo.The largest opposition party has said the government program ‘Nation Builders Corps’ (NABCo) offers no new plan to create jobs but a duplication of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). It has also said the GHS700 salary for the employees ridicules the value of a tertiary level certificate. NABCo will initially operate seven modules designed to meet the pressing needs of the nation while providing jobsfor the teeming youth who have received tertiary education but are struggling to find jobs. The modules include the Feed Ghana module where people serve as agric extension officers to help our farmers. There’s also the Educate Ghana module where p...