By
Bright Ofori Asiamah, GNA
Takoradi, Oct. 15,
GNA – Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko- Mensah, the Western Regional Minister, asked
NABCO trainees to use the opportunity given them to build their confidence,
integrity, and credibility for the job market.
He said this at a
durbar at Effia-Kwesimintsim in the Western Region, to climax the one year
anniversary celebration of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) establishment.
Mr Darko- Mensah
pointed out that people were paid based on the performance of work and not
their certificate and tasked NABCO trainees to take the programme very
seriously and work hard towards building a good future.
He said trainees had
the skills and ability to excel but what was left was to instill discipline in
themselves and their work, because there were many opportunities out there.
He said it was his
vision to make the Western Region a model region, through the promotion and
development of tourism, and asked trainees to learn more about the Region to be
able to sell the positive stories to tourists.
Mr Darko- Mensah
said he was very happy for the steps taken to resolve the issues of unpaid
allowance arrears and assured trainees to be calm and that nobody took delight
in withholding other people’s allowances and that those with arrears would
surely be paid.Â
“Keep faith in
the NPP government for more of such initiatives are in the pipeline to make
life easier and better for all,” he said.
Mr Paul Dekyi, the
Western Regional NABCO Coordinator, commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
and his Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia for the NABCO initiative.
Mr Dekyi said about
146,968 applications were received, out of which over 137,000 were granted
interviews at 254 district centers and 99,000 were enrolled onto the various
modules of the scheme.
He said the Western
Region had about 5,306 trainees posted to various institutions to begin work,
while 1,296 went to the Western North Region.
He said though the
NABCO programme had initial controversies it had proven otherwise, hence the
celebration of its one year anniversary.
He praised the
trainees for making the scheme a success and urged them to be ambassadors and
portray good behaviour wherever they found themselves.
Mr Joseph Cudjoe,
the Member of Parliament for Effia-Kwesimintsim, said being a nation builder
put a certain amount of responsibility on trainees to deliver and stressed that
the trainees should therefore build themselves first to be able to impact
positively on the nation.
Mr Cudjoe advised
the trainees to use the scheme as a stepping stone to build and develop their
skills to give them a chance in the labour market.
“The NABCO
initiative is a window of opportunity for trainees to get hands on training to
reduce the rate of unemployment in the country”.
Mr Kojo Acquah, the
Municipal Chief Executive of Effia Kwasimintsim Municipal Assembly, said the
initiative was a brilliant idea from the president to reduce unemployment among
the youth and also to create avenues through a system for the youth to be able
to fend for themselves.
He urged trainees to
be disciplined and punctual at their work places since it would determine
whether they deserve to be employed permanently in their various institutions.
GNA
