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Gov’t will employ 100,000 youth in 2018-Akufo-Addo

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
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President Akufo-Addo has revealed that Government will through the Nation Builders Corps employ 100,000 youth in 2018.

President Akufo-Addo said every major policy of his government has been implemented and targeted at securing the future of the youth of Ghana.

According to him, all these policies will equip the youth with the skills that will enable them to be productive.

“As a start, this government has established the Nation Builders Corps to employ 100,000 young persons, in 2018 alone, to assist in public sector service delivery in health, education, agriculture, sanitation and the revenue collection department of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).”

Youth Unemployment

“Stakeholders have had a series of meetings on this policy, and the modules have been designed for each of the designated areas. The details are currently being fine-tuned, and next month, this policy will formally take off to join the other youth employment initiatives. Just this morning, the respected Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, launched the Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship Programme at the Accra Digital Centre,” he added.

 All these policies will equip the youth with the skills that will enable them to be productive

Unemployment has become a major issue confronting the country, past and current governments have outlined some measures to handle the menace but the situation seems not to have been curbed.

Delivering the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, February 8 Akufo-Addo said the Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship Programm, with ten regional training centres, has already recruited 3,000 young, unemployed people, to undergo a 3-month all-expenses-paid training.

“I am happy to announce that Ecobank Ghana Ltd has already offered to engage all 3,000 young people, after the training programme. This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

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