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NABCO Beneficiaries to Receive Long-Overdue Arrears

In a heartening turn of events, beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) program are on the brink of receiving their long-awaited payments, amounting to eight months’ worth of arrears. Apexnewsgh reports This news has brought a wave of relief to the beneficiaries, many of whom have endured significant challenges due to the delayed payments. The NABCO program was introduced in 2017 by the Akufo-Addo administration with the aim of tackling graduate unemployment in Ghana. However, the beneficiaries have grappled with delayed payments, leading to severe hardships such as job loss, disruptions in education, and even personal struggles. According to reliable sources, the government is set to disburse approximately ¢6,300 to each NABCO beneficiary, covering five out of the nine months of outstanding arrears. This much-anticipated payment is expected to provide much-needed respite to the beneficiaries, who have patiently awaited their dues. It is important for the beneficiaries to ensure that their timesheets are readily available and signed when the opportunity arises to facilitate the smooth processing of their payments. The NABCO program, which operates under seven modules, has been a beacon of hope for many graduates seeking employment opportunities. This development marks a significant stride in addressing the concerns of NABCO beneficiaries, who have endured unimaginable hardships. As the government takes steps to settle the arrears, beneficiaries can finally see a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Source: Apexnewsgh.com

Opinion

Thousands of NABCo Trainees Urges Dr. Bawumia to Fulfill Promise on Unpaid Arrears

A group of former NABCo trainees, known as the Coalition of NABCo Trainees, has called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to honor a promise he made to them during his campaign tour of the Volta Region. Apexnewsgh reports The promise, made on June 24, 2024, committed to paying the trainees’ 9-month arrears, which remain unpaid. The group expressed their disappointment and frustration, stating that “weeks have passed without action, and silence has followed.” They emphasized that the “broken promises and neglect are staggering,” and they will no longer “remain silent on this matter.” The coalition highlighted the struggles they face due to the unpaid arrears and the unfulfilled promise to mechanize the scheme, which has left them “struggling to survive in the grim economic outlook under your leadership.” The group has urged Dr. Bawumia to “honour” his promise and release their “outstanding arrears” without “further delay.” They also demanded the “immediate payment” of the outstanding arrears. The coalition’s statement serves as a reminder to the NPP flagbearer and Vice-President to fulfill his commitment to the vulnerable former NABCo trainees. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Thanks for reading from Apexnewsgh as a news publishing website from Ghana. We encourage you to freely share this story via social media platform and follow us on; Facebook on APEXNEWSGH-Tv or Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0248250270/0256336062.

Politics

Mr. Ablakwa receives NABCO petition to Parliament

Members of the Aggrieved NaBCo Trainees Association have petitioned parliament over their nine-month unpaid allowance which, they say, has send some of them to their early grave due to hardship. The leadership group petitioned parliament through Mr. Samuel Okudzeto the MP for North Tongu, in Accra on Tuesday, 13 December 2022.In the petition, they appealed to the lawmaker to impress upon the Speaker of Parliament to, as a matter of urgency, order Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, before Christmas Day, to pay all the arrears NaBCo trainees are owed and other outstanding arrears since the year 2019. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion

NaBCo trainees declare fasting and prayers for God’s intervention over unpaid allowance

Ghanaians who were employed under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) and not paid their allowances have declared one-day fasting and prayers to compel the government to pay them. Ghanaians who were employed under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) and not paid their allowances have declared one-day fasting and prayers to compel the government to pay them. The aggrieved trainees have set Wednesday, November 9, 2022, to pray for God’s intervention to change the heart of the government to give them their end of monthly allowance. The trainees in a statement said due to the prevailing economic hardship in Ghana, they will fast and pray for God to touch the heart of our leaders. It said “[Because of] the suffering, NABCo trainees are to fast and pray on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022, [for] God to touch the heart of our leaders to hear our cry and pay us…NABCO trainees sacrificed their lives for Ghana for 46 tough months (3 years, 10 months). “Unfortunately for us, after 46 months of sacrifice, we were just told to go home sadly. By that time, the government owed us 10 months’ stipends.” They added that they “pleaded for a long time [but] the government insulted us with one month stipend. It is only God who knows the hardship these innocent trainees went through for these 46 months and still going through. “Therefore, we are turning to God for his intervention by fasting and prayers on Wednesday, 9th November 2022 for God to change the heart of these leaders towards us in this difficult time for them to pay what is due us.” “It is written in the book of Psalm 61:1, (Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.) and in Proverbs chapter 21:1 that (The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases). “We implore every trainee to be part of this one-day fasting and prayers. We believe by the end of this fasting and prayers, God will pave the way to where there seems to be no way,” the beneficiaries of NaBCo added. Meanwhile, the NaBCo programme which is a government initiative to address graduate unemployment to solve social problems have come to an end. NaBCo was initially supposed to run for three years and extended for an additional year.NaBCo was initially supposed to run for three years and extended for an additional year. The programme was aimed at engaging 100,000 young graduates. Though the government claimed it invested approximately GH¢2.2 billion into the policy, a number of the corps complained about the non-payment of allowances by the government. Ghanaians who were employed under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) and not paid their allowances have declared one-day fasting and prayers to compel the government to pay them. The aggrieved trainees have set Wednesday, November 9, 2022, to pray for God’s intervention to change the heart of the government to give them their end of monthly allowance. The trainees in a statement said due to the prevailing economic hardship in Ghana, they will fast and pray for God to touch the heart of our leaders. It said “[Because of] the suffering, NABCo trainees are to fast and pray on Wednesday, November 9th, 2022, [for] God to touch the heart of our leaders to hear our cry and pay us…NABCO trainees sacrificed their lives for Ghana for 46 tough months (3 years, 10 months). They added that they “pleaded for a long time [but] the government insulted us with one month stipend. It is only God who knows the hardship these innocent trainees went through for these 46 months and still going through. “Therefore, we are turning to God for his intervention by fasting and prayers on Wednesday, 9th November 2022 for God to change the heart of these leaders towards us in this difficult time for them to pay what is due us.” “It is written in the book of Psalm 61:1, (Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.) and in Proverbs chapter 21:1 that (The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases). “We implore every trainee to be part of this one-day fasting and prayers. We believe by the end of this fasting and prayers, God will pave the way to where there seems to be no way,” the beneficiaries of NaBCo added. Meanwhile, the NaBCo programme which is a government initiative to address graduate unemployment to solve social problems have come to an end. NaBCo was initially supposed to run for three years and extended for an additional year. The programme was aimed at engaging 100,000 young graduates. Though the government claimed it invested approximately GH¢2.2 billion into the policy, a number of the corps complained about the non-payment of allowances by the government. Pulse For publication please kindly send us contact or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion, Politics

See how NABCO Secretariat good-bye its beneficiaries

The National Secretariat of Nation Builder Corps (NABCO) has finally good-bye unpaid beneficiaries. Even though the letter forwarded to beneficiaries talks about their payment but the letter did not capture when these suffering beneficiaries will receive their long awaited unpaid stipends. Kindly read the letter below Dear Trainee, Greetings from the NABCO Secretariat. Your time on the NABCO Scheme has been valuable and impactful. As you exit with the wealth of experience, there is an added advantage to consider private enterprise as a career option. Your skills development programme will aid your progress under the entrepreneural YouStart initiative to develop your ideas further into a viable business. More information will be made available from NABCO and Stakeholders in due course. Equally on any outstanding stipends, expect any valid payments and notification via the same means after validation and verification (District and your MIP), once all the funding arrangements are concluded, for all who remained at post beyond October 2021. We appreciate your time and growth while with us on the scheme and would like to extend our best wishes to you on your future career choices. Thank you. NABCO Secretariat.August 31, 2022. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Please, for your publication kindly forward your article to apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion, Politics

‘Smart’ Okudzeto Ablakwa secures job for 97 NABCO beneficiaries in his district.

The Member of Parliament for the people of North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has done it again for the neglected NABCO beneficiaries in his constituency. Apexnewsgh.com report Mr. Ablakwa who has not been with the treatment given to beneficiaries has lobbied for the 97 NABCO beneficiaries in his constituency to be employed by a Chinese firm operating in his constituency Sinostone Bioethanol Manufacturing Ltd. In the past, Mr. Ablakwa put his two monthly salaries at the disposal of National Service Personnel in North Tongu, whose allowances were delayed for some time. He also placed all teachers and other workers who felt the effect of the lockdown on a monthly salary.Currently, Mr. Ablakwa has again gone to the aid of suffering personnel of the Nation Builders Corps programme (NABCo), just a day after the program’s expiration. According to Mr. Ablakwa’s post on his Meta wall on Thursday, September 1, 2022: “As Government ends NaBCo today September 1, 2022; I am delighted to announce that I have successfully negotiated with the Chinese management of Sinostone Bioethanol Manufacturing Ltd (SBML) located in my beloved North Tongu, to immediately employ all our 97 NaBCo beneficiaries.We shall continue to look out for each other with our best efforts. ServingNorthTongu” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana

Opinion, Politics

NDC will offer permanent employment to NABCO beneficiaries—Bunkprugu MP

Member of Parliament for Bunkprugu Constituency in the North East Region Mr. Abed-Nego Bandim has sympathized with beneficiaries of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) on their current predicaments with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as he assured them a permanent job when NDC assumed office. Apexnewsgh.com report Speaking exclusively to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com, the Bunkprugu legislator said: “The NABCO programme was only introduced by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a tool for political profiteering. According to him, “…because the government wanted to use the youth to get into power and we in the NDC foresaw this and we warn the youth of this country that is a trap and is not going to help anything because we could see that its introduction, they were only interested in people who were aligned into the NPP. We saw people who they perceived to be NDC were taken out, they never received salary and we said No, this is not right, these are Ghanaians. So, if such a policy is been rollout, ensure that it favors everybody. But that wasn’t what we saw. So we warned them and the majority of them were before the 2020 election flying and shouting 4 more 4 Nana because there was NABCO but we knew it will not work and this is the result of it, that after they have won power now they cannot pay them, the economy is in shambled and they are now suffering and that is why they are embarking on demonstrations”. He said: “We from the NDC’s side, we recognized that the youth who are the future of this country has lots to offer and therefore, we will come out with sound policies that will be in our manifesto that they will see that it is workable, implementable and sustainable for them when we come to power. However, asking whether NABCO beneficiaries will be given a permanent job if NDC won power, Mr, Abed-Nego said ‘yes’. Explaining further the MP said: “We from the NDC side have the ability to create jobs and we have done that before. If you look at the inflationary rates, the employment rate before John Mahama handed over, it is now on the high side especially when they came out with all these measures, and yet it didn’t work out. So, we from the NDC will have a policy that will absorb our youth into permanent employment to ensure that everybody in Ghana is happy, we have done it before under Jerry Rawlings, Atta Mills and John Mahama so we have a track record. He assured Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

Opinion, Politics

VIDEO: NABCO Beneficiaries demonstrates over government unpaid 10 months arrears

Beneficiaries of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) across the country are currently picketing at the Accra Independence Square demanding the government pay them their 10 months arrears owed them and they are also demanding the government fulfill their promises of offering them a permanent job. Apexnewsgh.com report The ongoing picketing has received a massive youth turn up and these are graduates produced yearly across various government and private institutions without any job availability in the country. More to come soon Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

Opinion, Politics

NABCO: Pay NABCO beneficiaries, you have no excuse not to pay them– Kennedy Agyapong fires govt

Maverick Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has admonished his government to pay arrears owed to NABCO beneficiaries because there is no excuse not to pay them after asking them to stay at post. Apexnewsgh.com He said in an interview: Anytime I traveled and get to the airport, I get these young men and women coming to me that I should plead on their behalf that they have not been paid and the government has to pay them. You made propaganda with it. Now, when it comes to these NABCO guys, NPP is now behaving like NDC. Is complete propaganda if you are not able to pay NABCO beneficiaries. You have to pay them”. “Some were assimilated into the system but not all of them. So, if the government thinks it cannot do it again at least what is owed to them should be given to them without no question about it. Because nobody works for free. We should be reasonable human beings”. “These beneficiaries were employed, at least their transportation cost is not paid by the government, and they find any means necessary to go to work, so the government has no excuse whatsoever to say they are not going to pay them. Now, you get money to pay 20,000 to parliamentarians but you don’t have money to pay NABCO beneficiaries. I support them, should for a month demonstration straight for the government to sit up and pay them as simple as that”. He admonished NABCO beneficiaries have been neglected by the employers for over 8 months now without receiving arrears due them since after they were made to stay at their various posts, through a communique issued by the NABCO Headquarters dated November 15, 2021, pending their permanent arrangement. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/

Opinion, Politics

NABCO: Relieve all the trainees of their current duties and allow them to exit the Service- the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs

NABCO beneficiaries under the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs have issued a letter to its registrars to, with immediate effect, asking all trainees to vacate their posts. Apexnewsgh.com report The letter issued was signed by the Director, Human Resource Management of the Ministry, Dedaa Wiredu Agyei, and copied to the sector minister said, this is because the programme had ended in October 2021. The letter says, “This is to kindly remind you that, the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) programme ended at the end of October 2021. Unfortunately, the information reaching the Hon. Minister currently indicates that some Trainees are still at post. “You are kindly requested to relieve all the trainees of their current duties and allow them to exit the Service,” the statement said in part. Meanwhile, NABCO beneficiaries after completing their 3-year programme were instructed by the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to remain at their various post. The poor beneficiaries said they are owed 5months arrears as at today January 26, 2022. Below is the full letter from the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs:

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NABCO Beneficiaries to Receive Long-Overdue Arrears

Thousands of NABCo Trainees Urges Dr. Bawumia to Fulfill Promise on Unpaid Arrears

Mr. Ablakwa receives NABCO petition to Parliament

NaBCo trainees declare fasting and prayers for God’s intervention over unpaid allowance

See how NABCO Secretariat good-bye its beneficiaries

‘Smart’ Okudzeto Ablakwa secures job for 97 NABCO beneficiaries in his district.

NDC will offer permanent employment to NABCO beneficiaries—Bunkprugu MP

VIDEO: NABCO Beneficiaries demonstrates over government unpaid 10 months arrears

NABCO: Pay NABCO beneficiaries, you have no excuse not to pay them– Kennedy Agyapong fires govt

NABCO: Relieve all the trainees of their current duties and allow them to exit the Service- the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs