General News of Monday, 7 May 2018Source: Daniel KakuAkufo-Addo promised graduates permanent jobs, not NABCO - Sammy GyamfiSammy Gyamfi is a member of NDC's Communications teamMember of the Communications team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has stated that President Akufo-Addo never promised Ghanaian graduates temporary jobs in the run up to the 2016 general elections, hence the NABCO programme cannot be a substitute for the sustainable jobs promised the teeming unemployed youth of Ghana. 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. But speaking on Asempa FM’s late afternoon political show dubbed Ekosi Sen on Friday, May 4, 2018, the NDC outspoken communicator, Sammy Gyamfi who lauded President Akufo-Addo for the initiative, however charged the President to create permanent, quality and decent jobs for the teeming unemployed graduates. He added that President Akufo-Addo during the 2016 general elections never promised the unemployed graduates in the country temporary jobs but promised them sustainable jobs and therefore charged him to go by his words.

Source: GhanaWeb May 07, 2018 09:56 UTC