{"id":1268116,"date":"2022-12-20T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/nabco-trainees-give-govt-one-week-to-pay-their-nine-month-arrears\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:04:32","slug":"nabco-trainees-give-govt-one-week-to-pay-their-nine-month-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/20\/nabco-trainees-give-govt-one-week-to-pay-their-nine-month-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"NABCO trainees give govt one week to pay their nine-month arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"435\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NABCO-696x435.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"NABCO\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Former trainees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) have given the government a one-week ultimatum to pay their nine-month arrears.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, several engagements with the government to pay allowances owed them have proved futile.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the former NABCO trainees, Naa Techie, expressed his sentiments over the delay in payment of arrears owed them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of demonstrations have been staged. If you would recall, we earlier sent an official petition to the Speaker of Parliament to add his influential voice to our resentment for the payment of arrears and nothing has been done about it. We have submitted another petition to the NABCO secretariat and they have not responded. We haven\u2019t heard anything from them,\u201d he said in an interview on Citi News.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing the emotions of these former NABCO trainees, he said, \u201cthe indication is that NABCO trainees have been left in limbo. NABCO Trainees have been subjected to incessant public ridicule, and they have also been subjected to severe hardships and are in a state of starvation to death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naa Techie also confirmed that a letter has been sent to the Finance Minister, and they are awaiting his feedback. However, he threatened several protests till their demands are met. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have sent a letter to the Finance Minister. Probably it will end next week Wednesday and we will stage several demonstrations if demands are not met,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NABCO program was introduced in 2018 as one of the policies of the Akufo-Addo-led government to ease unemployment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, a directive was issued for all beneficiaries to remain at their post though the programme ended in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"nrQHmqnkQew\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cerebrovascular Accident - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (20-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrQHmqnkQew?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former trainees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) have given the government a one-week ultimatum to pay their nine-month arrears. 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