NABCO Trainees Demand For Their 8 Months Stipends Arrears, See Details Below

NABCO Trainees Demands For Their 8 Months Stipends Arrears:

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Over the years, the NABCO programmes have come as a life saver to many youths in Ghana. With the rise in the unemployment rate, the current government introduced NABCO as an initiative that will help to reduce youth unemployment and also help curtail the social vices in the country.

After 3 years of its operation, the programme which has come to be loved by many of these youth has turned to bring “some suffering” to them once again. The NABCO trainee’s employment contract according to their engagement letter was expected to expire in October 2021. But during the 2020 election, the government promised them permanent employment if they vote to maintain them in power.

A career pathways portal was subsequently open for these trainees to apply by choosing among the three existing plans available. The majority of the trainees chose permanent employment which the government later reassure them of its commitment to the promise. But things got worse for these trainees when they were told to vacate post after October 2021with the reason being that, their contract has expired and for that matter, the secretariate can not pay them again.

A lot of agitations came in after these trainees were told to go home without any sign of them getting permanently employed or their contract being extended. With the growing pressure from the NABCO trainee’s leadership and some media houses, the NABCO secretariat later reconsiders their decision and told the trainees to remain at post pending further arrangements to be permanently employed by their MIPS.

Its been 8 months now since the latter was released by the secretariat instructing them to be at post without payment.

The Government is now planning of introducing a new initiative known as YouStart for all NABCO Trainees to be transitioned into. . The Youstart programme which was expected to be launched in the early days of July 2022 has been a topic of discussion among most of the NABCO trainees Platforms.

The current NABCO trainees are now demanding that the government should pay them their 8 Months stipends arrears before they launch the YouStart.

See the official release from the NABCO Trainees Leadership.

YOU CANNOT LAUNCH YOUSTART WHEN NABCO ALLOWANCES ARE IN EIGHT (8) MONTHS ARREARS

With immense displeasure. NABTAG seeks to apprise government of the horrible state of affairs gripping NABCO trainees, erupting out of unpaid allowances for eight (8) months, much less the unspecified arrangement for our absorption into sustainable jobs.

The operational mechanism of the scheme, as long as acquisition of job readiness skills and experience are concerned, objectively qualifies for us to commend government for envisioning the initiative. However, the prevailing circumstances pertaining trainees welfare do not cast a bright image over our prospects.

Since the directive was divulged up until now, trainees have been dutifully reporting to work with no pay for the past eight (8) months, which amounts to a serious National Security threat as a nation. We do appreciate the ongoing processes aimed at enrolling section of trainees on to the yet-to-be-launched YouStart program, but we are pleading with government to pay the arrears due the disgruntled trainees because we are suffering.

It does not send the right signal when you have not paid NABCO trainees for the past eight (8) months, which has plunged them into severe hardship, but readying for the launch of YouStart. What positive assurance can that serve to inform the public on the outlook of the YouStart?

The president’s nonchalant attitude over the current situation is disparaging to its lowest point. We have placed several calls on him to intervene, but the issue keeps exacerbating.

We humbly implore GES to consummate its processes in offering permanent appointments to Educate Ghana Trainees. The data collection exercise has been hanging for too long with no positive outcome. Information reaching me indicate that Ghana Revenue Authority is provisionally cushioning its trances. We hope that the step taken will culminate in permanently placing them.

NABCO Trainees Demand For Their 8 Months Stipends Arrears, See Details Below

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