NaBCO a stepping stone to 1D 1F programme - Group

The leadership of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM) has opined that the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) programme will provide working experience to the graduates to prepare them for the One District, One Factory policy after the three-year employment opportunity under the NaBCO.

His comment follow the launch of Nation Builders Corps (NaBCO) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May 1, 2018 which aims at addressing graduate unemployment in the country.

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 is expected to employ 100,000 graduates this year under seven modules; namely, Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Digitize Ghana, Civic Ghana and Enterprise Ghana. Placement in the NaBCO will last for a period of 3 years under a stipend of GH¢700 every month.

In a statement issued by the group's Founder and President, Razak Kojo Opoku indicated that "President Akufo-Addo is so great a visionary creating NABCO aimed at providing job experience for our graduates to prepare them for the 1 District 1 Factory, and to also help them to use the NABCO job experience as employment opportunities at the Private Sector of the economy".

He said the youth of this country deserve to work after school but due to the 'shallow vision of Mills/Mahama NDC's government, majority of the graduate youth still making their daily bread at the expenses of their parents, friends and family member's income.

"The Ghanaian Youth deserves to work after School but due to the shallow vision of Mills/Mahama's Government, majority of our graduates are still making a daily living at the instances of their parents, friends and family member's income. This is highly unacceptable", he lamented.

"The policy of NABCO is going to be one of the greatest employment opportunities that will lead our youth to work at the bigger and better 1 District 1 Factory Policy commenced by the NPP Government", he applauded the government.

Below is the full statement
NABCO Stepping Stone to the One District One Factory Policy --- CVM

The implementation of NABCO is a means to an expected end. The policy of NABCO is going to be one of the greatest employment opportunities that will lead our youth to work at the bigger and better 1 District 1 Factory Policy commenced by the NPP Government.

The Ghanaian Youth deserves to work after School but due to the shallow vision of Mills/Mahama's Government, majority of our graduates are still making a daily living at the instances of their parents, friends and family member's income. This is highly unacceptable.

President Akufo-Addo's Government promised Ghanaians 1 District 1 Factory and the necessary measures are being put in place to establish factories in almost all the districts of Ghana to address the unemployment situation created by the NDC Government.

However, as a true compassionate government, President Akufo-Addo has decided to come up with and implement NABCO to cushion the jobless youth while awaiting the completion of the establishment of the 1 District 1 Factory.

By the end of the three year contract under NABCO, the 1 District 1 Factory Policy will have been fully ready to absorb most of these experienced NABCO employees to work in these factories.

President Akufo-Addo is so great a visionary creating NABCO aimed at providing job experience for our graduates to prepare them for the 1 District 1 Factory, and to also help them to use the NABCO job experience as employment opportunities at the Private Sector of the economy.

Lastly, since most Private Companies are unwilling to employ our graduates due to lack of job experience, the NABCO will serve as the job training platform for these graduates to gain job experiences that will easily ease their burdens and frustration of securing jobs at the Private Sector thus making them marketable.

...Signed...
Razak Kojo Opoku
(CVM Founder & President