NPP launches the series "Youth must know"

The National Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has put in place what it calls the "Youth Must Know" series, as part of efforts to explain the government's actions for the development of the youth in the country.

They are organizing a series of press conferences to educate and inform the country's youth about the policies and achievements of the administration of the Akufo-Addo / Bawumia Nuclear Power Plant.

In the first round in Koforidua on Monday, NPA national organizer Henry Nana Boakye listed some of the NPP government's accomplishments since taking office in 2017, describing the Akufo-Addo / Bawumia government as "a government that respects the commitments ".

"The Free SHS policy, which was a major promise of the NPP campaign, is being implemented with the introduction of the dual track system that employs over 8,000 teachers and non-faculty members and has also built 800 emergency projects to support the growing number of people, "Nana said. B, a lawyer, said.

More than 104,000 teachers in training and 116,000 midwives and nurses in training also benefited, he added.

He also mentioned the National Program for Support to Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NEIP), which provides financial support and entrepreneurship skills to 1,350 people, created at least 2,700 direct and indirect jobs. has also trained 12,000 youth in various entrepreneurial programs.

Nana B emphasized that, under the NDC, only 69 young people have benefited from aid to youth entrepreneurship (YES), while under the Akufo-Addo administration / Bawumia, Youth in Agric employed 11,500 people in 2017, 15,000 in 2018 and 33,000 to be hired. The National Builders Corps (NABCO) also employed 100,000 young graduates. "

He added that the Agency for Youth Employment (IEA) had hired 107,000 youths in different modules in 2018 and 125,000 in 2019, adding that there were currently 700 monitoring officers and of evaluation, 15,000 community policemen, 3,500 young people in sport, 45,000 in sanitation, 100 graduates at Ghana Post.

He added that there were 10,000 beneficiaries among Reforestation youth, 3,000 Arab teachers, 54,000 nurses across the country, 16,400 basic education degrees were posted and that, for the first time, 2,450 teachers trained privately in private schools in 2017 and 19,000 in 2018, 45,000 teachers were recruited nationwide and 882 extension workers were employed.

Nana B also said that eight "one district, one factory" operational enterprises employed 495 young people, 15,667 health workers recruited in 2018, while the National Council of Small Industries (NBSSI) trained 800 young people in Brong Ahafo in various agricultural fields. value chain and 500 young women in the current cooking program.

He also listed some construction work and facilities undertaken by various institutions, in particular the National Youth Authority and the NBSSI, and referred to the achievements of the Government under the Scholarship Secretariat.

He added that the secretariat had settled all arrears of more than 30 million GH ¢ bilateral students foreign scholars, as well as the introduction of the scholarship system at the district level.

— Daily guide