Following a high-level stakeholder meeting with the lead of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) module implementation partners led by the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawia, and Chief of staff, Akosua Frema Opare, all NABCO beneficiaries are to remain at the post.
In line with preparation after three years on the scheme, all Beneficiaries will remain at post pending permanent arrangements.
A statement issued after the crunch meeting said “NABCO secretariat expects training to continue to discharge their duties diligently and professionally at their various workplaces whilst the scheme and the module implementation partners work towards a smooth and final transition.
The statement said a new cohort of NABCO trainees will be recruited next year.
The Nation Builders Corps, also known as N.A.B.C.O, is a Ghanaian initiative to provide jobs to unemployed post-secondary school graduates (graduates of universities, training colleges, etc.)
The focus of the initiative will be solving public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, technology, governance, and driving revenue mobilization and collection.
The objectives of the program are to:
Provide temporary employment to unemployed graduates
Improve skills and employability for the transition from programme to permanent employment
Improve public service delivery
Improve on government revenue mobilization
To provide needed infrastructure to improve access to basic public services
This new scheme – the Nation Builders Corps recognizes the role played by other pathways that currently exist under various government institutions and agencies.
In a sense, NABCO ultimately offers a convergence for the employment initiatives landscape.
Among the existing Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with schemes addressed to youth unemployment include: the Ministry for Business Development, Ministry for Local Government and Rural Administration, the National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI), Council for Technical and Vocational Education, and Training (COTVET), the National Youth Authority (NYA), and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) to cite some examples. In particular, the YEA has affected, positively, the lives of many non-tertiary graduates through the innovative modules that have continued to engage lots of young people. In the case of the NABCO, the distinguishing element would be its concentration on addressing the growing phenomenon of unemployment and disillusionment among young people leaving tertiary institutions.
Under the program, graduates will be trained, equipped with the necessary work tools, and deployed around the country to engage in the following programs:
Educate Ghana
Heal Ghana
Feed Ghana
Revenue Ghana
Digitize Ghana
Civic Ghana
Enterprise Ghana
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
