POLITICS

The over 3,000 ex-workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) whose full benefits have remained unpaid since their retrenchment in 2002 have stated that government was insensitive to their plight. “Unlike President Mills who stood by us in our plight and eventually issued a fiat to the Transport Ministry for us to be paid, President Mahama ignored 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 ...

Some thirteen constituency executives of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Akwatia in the Eastern Region, have resigned from their positions citing unfair treatment by former Member of Parliament for the area, Baba Jamal and the party’s National Vice Chairperson, Anita De Soso as reason for their disenchantment According to Henry Boakye Yiadom, constituency vice chairman, notwithstanding their ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that no worker of the Electricity Company of Ghana will be sacked due to the ECG concession agreement. Addressing workers at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi in the Ashanti region on Tuesday, May 1, the president who was commenting on the ECG concession agreement for the first time since a bidder ...

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 ...

President Akufo-Addo will today May, 1, 2018 launch a major programme known as the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) to tackle graduate unemployment in Ghana as the country joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Workers Day. This programme will initially operate seven modules designed to meet the pressing needs of the nation while providing jobs for the teeming ...

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah has said the Akufo-Addo government has made significant stride since coming into power in addressing Ghana’s unemployment challenges. This, according to him, has led to the creation of some 1,996,444 in both the public and private sectors through various interventions. Mr. Baffour-Awuah disclosed this Tuesday at the launch of the Nation ...

The Majority Leader and Minister in charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has bemoaned the lack of quality in the caliber of people who represent constituents in Ghana’s Parliament. The Majority Leader, who was speaking on TV3‘s New Day on Monday, attributed the lack of quality to the level of corruption that takes place throughout the election process. “I honestly ...