The Akufo Addo administration has announced the introduction of The Nation Builders Corps which will be a major government initiative to address livelihood empowerment and graduate unemployment to solve economic and social problems.
The program will hire 100,000 graduates in 2018 to be posted to various districts across the country. On average, under this program every district should be able to provide jobs for 462 graduates, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed.
Presenting the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy statement in Parliament, Wednesday he said the focus of the initiative will be solving public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, sanitation and drive revenue mobilization and collection.
Ken Ofori Atta added that the objectives of the program would be to, Provide employment to unemployed graduates, Improve skills and employability, Improve public service delivery and Improve government revenue mobilization.
He noted that under the Nation Builders Corps program, graduates will be trained, equipped with the necessary work tools and deployed around the country to be engaged as:
“Graduate Teachers in a “Teach Ghana” program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and other relevant subjects in primary and secondary schools across the country. Sanitation Inspectors in a “Clean Ghana” program focused on enforcing sanitation laws and inspection to ensure clean communities.
“Trained nurses and other healthcare workers in a “Heal Ghana” program that will provide healthcare delivery to deprived and rural communities across Ghana. Trained Agricultural extension and other allied workers in a “Feed Ghana” program that will provide extensive support to farmers along the agriculture value chains.
“Tertiary graduates in a “Revenue Ghana” program that will mobilize the youth to collect taxes that have been difficult to mobilize and enforce collection for the development of Ghana.”
Hon. Ken Ofori Atta further noted that the Nation Builders Corps will be housed under the Office of the President as a special initiative.
