Nation Builders Corps, NABCO Trainees have made up their minds to hit the streets of Accra to Protest delay in payment of their salary (allowances).
The government’s decision to extend their service duration was not accompanied by the requisite financial commitment, since many of them have yet to be paid in the last six months.
According to reports, are owed four months’ salary, but the government has not paid them, prompting the protest.
Some trainees recently resorted to social media to demand payment of their stipend arrears, claiming that their lives had become miserable. Others still living and thriving under the shelter and finances of their parents.
ABOUT THE NABCO INITIATIVE
The Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) programme is a government initiative to address graduate unemployment to solve social problems. 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 programme 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
The Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) programme is a government initiative to address graduate unemployment to solve social problems.
