Confusion rocked a meeting organised by the Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the National Youth Authority (NYA) to resolve the impasse between the authority and 300 young people who were recruited to undergo a Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship Programme in the region.
The meeting, which was organised last Wednesday by the NYA, was attended by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the authority, Mr Emmanuel Sin-Nyet Asigri, and was aimed at addressing allegations the trainees had made against the authority.
Among the allegations were changes to the conditions of the training programme in the region, non-payment of their travelling and feeding allowances and the failure of the authority to supply them with laptops as was promised prior to the training.
They were also seeking to know the kind of contract they will receive from Ecobank Ghana Limited after they complete their training as the authority had assured them.
The trainees threatened to hit the street and demonstrate against the NYA if by Wednesday, April 18, 2018 their benefits and what they said was their “right,” were not fulfilled.
They claimed they did not understand why they should be brought down from their various districts for training and not be fed as arranged.
It took Mr Asigri more than an hour to explain to the irate trainees what the training programme entailed. The bottom line, he said, was that the government initiated the programme as part of measures to reduce the level of unemployment in the country.
In spite of his explanations and documentary proof regarding conditions covering the training programme, the trainees were not satisfied and vowed to fight for the right things to be done.
Tempers flew high in the course of an open forum as both trainees and the authority did not understand each other’s views.
The trainees maintained that the NYA owed them money and unfulfilled promises and reiterated their threat to stage a demonstration.
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The Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship Programme is an ongoing nationwide training schedule that was launched in Accra and targeted at training 3,000 unemployed young people to give them an opportunity to secure jobs.
At the end of their training, they are expected to be equipped with requisite technology-driven entrepreneurial skills which will help them to use the Internet, especially social media, to market products and services and also start virtual offices.
A convener for the participants, Mr Abubakari S. Napaati, told the Daily Graphic that in the President’s State of the Nation address, he announced that expenses that were fundamental to the three-month long training would be paid and so the youth did not understand why they had not been paid their travel and feeding allowances and given their laptops.
“Why are conditions for trainees in other regions different from ours. In other regions, trainees are fed and given their travel allowances,” he said.
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Mr Asigri, however, refuted the allegations levelled against the authority by the trainees. He emphasised that the feeding allowance and other demands the trainees were agitating for were not part of the conditions for their engagement.
“What the authority decided on was to give each participant GH¢10.00 per day and this took effect from Monday, March 12, 2018,” he explained.
He added that the authority had released funds for the settlement of arrears regarding the daily stipend and that the laptops to be provided were meant for the programme centres and not for the participants.
He assured the trainees that they would be provided with tablets rather and that plans were far advanced to procure the items.
He expressed his worry nonetheless about the attitude of the trainees in the region and challenged them to go to court or go ahead and demonstrate against the authority.
Mr Asigri, who was visibly furious, said the trainees’ intended demonstration was unnecessary as it was born out of misinformation.
Source: Graphic.com
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The CEO of this NYA is a mannerless person.We need humbles person to lead us.
From Bolgatanga: Asigri again he was here a couple of days ago and behaved so unprofessional towards the youth. Does he think that without the youth he has an office he should better conduct himself well or get sacked.
•He called us "***barred word***" because we had wasted his time for him coming over here. •He threatened us(by telling us he will deny our certificates) for asking questions and not being grateful to him because he hasn't been sleeping because of this programme (as if he's not being paid for it) When he was talking, one guy said "we can't hear you" His reply:" you are a ***barred word***!" I replied:"Ah did u come here to insult us?" His reply"YES! AND IF YOU DO NOT DEEM FIT, WALK OUT! WALK OUT!" I DARE HIM/TO REFUTE WHAT I'VE POSTED AND I'LL BACK IT UP WITH HIS AUDIO. He insulted 300 youths that day and we have advised ourselves against the NPP. If They had an idea of what 300 youth can do to them, they wouldn't have chosen this (SAD EXCUSE FOR LEADER) to come here and insult us(telling us when he was 29 he was a candidate for mp or flag bearer and his "kids and wife are not here in Ghana" bla bla bla. I WILL PERSONALLY RUN AN "AD" THAT WILL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NPP ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIAL I CAN THINK OF BY 2020 U CAN GUESS HOW MANY YOUTH I HAVE REACHED. I HOPE HIS ARROGANCE SAVES HIM THAT DAY.
So call CEO and his team came to insult us but not to settle a problem the man is too arrogant
we are highly disappointed in the way the CEO spoke to us, he failed to address the issues but rather showed his arrogance, incompetence in managing the affairs of the youth. instead of addressing concerns of beneficiaries, he wasted time talking about his foreign wife and kinds which was unnecessary at that material moment. if I was to score him as an examiner, he would have scored 11.11% since he and his entire term were purely nuisance and a wast of time. he threaten not to give us, we the leaders of the group our entitlement at the end of the training. how could the CEO of the youth wig of the nation behave so nastily to his constituents.
As I write the feeding allowances we are supposed to receive for the past weeks in April has not been paid to trainees and he (CEO) claims monies have been released to that effect.He actually came to insult us and to deny on all what we were told at the launch of the program on February 12,2018.
This particulaR CEO MR asigiri is very disgraceful CEO i have ever seen. Istead of this man address the problems facing the trainees, he rather came to rain INSULT on them. He rather talked about his family living abroad, his biography and his wealth. MR. Asigiri acted unprofessional toward the trainees. He is very ARROGANT MAN. SHAME ON HIM.
Graphic,com good job done,but the unethical behavior the CEO in his duty address to the entire youth of Brong Ahafo Region,the insults etc were left out in the your report. some of the youth have recording of his choices of words used, threat on some the youth and pictures of the what happened there. Actually the CEO came to insult the people of BA and the Media as well.