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TUC commends government’s NBC initiative for jobless graduates

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Yaw Baah TUC BOSSDr. Yaw Baah, The Deputy Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, (TUC)

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), has commended government’s special initiative targeted at jobless tertiary graduates in the country.

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, while presenting the 2018 Budget and Policy statement on Wednesday, indicated that about 100,000 tertiary graduates will be employed under the initiative called the Nation Builders Corps (NBC).

The TUC, in a statement signed by its General Secretary , Dr. Yaw Baah, described the move as a “bold initiative” adding that it is “perhaps the most ambitious jobs programme designed to address what has become the most critical economic challenge of the country.”

“Providing jobs for 100,000 graduates in the sectors outlined in the budget will significantly improve public service delivery. It will also signal to young people who have invested so much time and money in their education that education pays. The benefits will far exceed the cost of the programme,” he added.

Mr. Baah also reminded government to at some point “transit” these graduates into the mainstream labour market after they have “acquired further skills and experience so that others can also benefit from the programme.

This he believes will also strengthen the “domestic private sector to absorb the beneficiaries of the programme”

NBC to support other government targets.

Like the Youth Employment Agency [YEA], which targets non-tertiary graduates, the NBC has a number of subsets which are connected to other major government targets and initiatives.

On the back of the National Sanitation Campaign launch and the anticipated Sanitation Brigade, the Finance Minister noted that, the NBC has made provision for sanitation inspectors under a “Clean Ghana” Programme.

These inspectors will focus on enforcing sanitation laws.

Trained nurses and other healthcare workers will provide healthcare to deprived and rural communities under a “Heal Ghana” module.

The 2018 Budget Statement made known government’s intent to ensure tax compliance, and NBC will be contributing to these aims with its “Revenue Ghana” programme.

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