Embattled General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed has expressed doubt over the feasibility of the recently launched Nation Builders Corps (NABCo).
According to him, the launch of the project is only a strategy by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to win the 2020 elections contrary to claims by government that it is aimed at curbing youth unemployment in the country.
President Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday May 1, launched NaBCO, which will employ, in this year alone, 100,000 young men and women to assist in the public sector service delivery needs of Ghana.
According to President Akufo-Addo, “NaBCO will be the vehicle to deliver one hundred thousand (100,000) jobs in seven (7) prioritised areas, defined as the following modules: Educate Ghana; Heal Ghana; Feed Ghana; Revenue Ghana; Digitise Ghana; Enterprise Ghana; and Civic Ghana.”
Explaining the rationale for the establishment of the Corps, President Akufo-Addo noted that the grim story of youth unemployment has been a tragic part of the lives of Ghanaians for far too long in Ghana, worsened, in recent times, by the ban placed on public sector employment by the International Monetary Fund.
But commenting on the policy, Atik Mohammed believes NaBCo is not sustainable since the project is only for 3 years.
He wondered why the government is commending herself for such intervention when it is only a temporary relief to the youth.
He questioned the government about the fate of future generations when the project will come to an end or a halt after 3 years.
To Atik, NaBCo is a deliberate attempt by the NPP to "build an election weapon so that, in 2020, there will be reference that we brought NaBCO. It was meant to create jobs; meanwhile what you’re doing is not job creation . . . It’s a political weapon fashioned for the battles of 2020 and nothing beyond. And it’s so sad that we’re going to lose money. We’re going to burden our public purse in the process”.
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