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Labour expert, Austin Gammey has warned that recruiting nurses under the Nation Builders’ Corps (NaBCo) could lead to the loss of precious human lives. “…there are some major [professions] that should not be contemplated to be of the temporary nature of the kind they are talking about,” he cautioned on Starr Today. “Nursing, for instance, is very…not just the nobility ...

Aspiring candidates who are seeking to contest the national chairmanship position in the upcoming national elections in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are expected to pay an amount of GHc10, 000. Candidates vying for the Vice Chairmanship position are expected to pay an amount of GHc8, 000. Those who will contest as Youth Organizers and Nasara Coordinators will pay GHc3, ...

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Augustine Michael Owusu has slammed politicians for “cheating” public sector workers, a situation he said has left most workers in a state of poverty. According to him, the end of service benefits given to politicians after every four years is woefully disproportionate to what public sector workers receive after several ...

The Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) programme is a government initiative to address graduate unemployment to solve social problems. The focus of the Nation Builders Corps will be solving public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, technology, governance and drive revenue mobilization and collection. The Nation Builders Corps recognizes the role played by other pathways that currently exist under various government ...

Workers of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are demanding the removal of Board Chairman Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, accusing him of usurping the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Boahen Aidoo. According to the workers, Mr Owusu-Agyeman does not have their welfare at heart. The workers, during Tuesday’s May Day parade in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, displayed placards with inscriptions ...

The NDC opposition to a government plan to hire 100,000 unemployed graduates has been criticised as a “partisan play around people’s real problem”. The NDC has said the government program ‘Nation Builders Corps’ (NABco) offers no new plan to create jobs but a duplication of the Yout EMployment Agency (YEA). It has also said the GHS700 salary for the employees ...

Hundreds of Ghanaians on Tuesday evening thronged the Kotoko International Airport to welcome home newly-crowned WBO Super Bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe. The supporters who were clad in the national colours and shirts with inscriptions of Isaac Dogboe sang, danced and chanted the name of the boxer who made history as the youngest Ghanaian boxer to have won a World title. ...

This year’s May Day celebration is being held at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi and expected to be present today is President Akufo-Addo, Vice, Dr. Bawumia, Ministers of State and dignitaries from other regions in Ghana. The day is set aside to recognize and celebrate hard working Ghanaians who have contributed to nation building. Parades will be held in ...

The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, has asked heads and the rank and file of the Church to relax and be rest assured in the Lord in the run-up to the election of a new Chairman. Speaking at the opening session of the Heads Meeting on Monday, April 30, 2018, ahead of the 43rd General ...

The Minority in Parliament has backed calls by civil servants for the removal of political appointees serving variously as special assistants in the Ministries. Minority Leader, Haruna Idrisu, said it was “completely unacceptable” for ministers to replace public sector workers “who are in their positions on account of merit with large numbers of Political Appointees and Special Assistants thus relegating ...