The leadership of the Ghanaian NABCO Trainees Association is pleading with the government to release their eight-month unpaid allowances prior to the introduction of YouStart.
A portion of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) trainees are currently being accepted into the program that has not yet been launched, according to the Association (NABTAG).
A portion of the money from the Electronic Transfer Levy will be used to pay for the GH1 billion initiative (e-levy).
However, Dennic Opoku Katakyie, the national president of NABTAG, stated in a press statement on Monday, June 27, that the circumstances surrounding the wellbeing of NABCo trainees “do not cast a positive image over our potential.”
“Trainees have faithfully reported to work without compensation for the past eight (8) months since the instruction was made public, which poses a major threat to the country’s national security.
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However, we are begging with the government to refund the arrears owed to the unhappy students since we are suffering. “We do appreciate the continuing process aimed at enrolling segment of trainees on to the yet-to-be-launched YouStart program.
“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 statement bemoaned how many calls on the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to intervene appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
“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.”
The NABCo trainees poured their hearts out and expressed disappointment that the current state of affairs is not what they were promised.
“3kom de y3n (we are hungry), and we may not live to see the economy bounce back, Mr President.”
