Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme is expected to end on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
Mr. Ofori-Atta disclosed this during the presentation of the mid-year budget review in Parliament, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
He said, “Mr. Speaker, our iconic National Builders Corps (NABCO) programme, which was initially to run for three years and extended for an additional year, will be completed by 1 September 2022. The Programme- which engaged 100,000 young graduates, has prepared thousands of them for the world of work. So far we have invested approximately GHC2.2 billion.”
According to the Finance Minister, the trainees of the programme can take advantage of the YouStart initiative.
“As they exit, the current cohort on the programme are encouraged to take advantage of the YouStart initiative and other existing programmes in our drive to Build an Entrepreneurial Nation.”
“Government’s policy is to support dynamic young entrepreneurs access training and funds to build their businesses and become a significant pool of job providers for their fellow young people,” Ofori-Atta added.
The NABCo was introduced by the President Akufo-Addo-led administration in 2017 as part of measures to address graduate unemployment in the country.
The initiative was run under seven modules, namely Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Digitise Ghana, Enterprise Ghana, and Civic Ghana.
