A pressure group affiliated to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Young Professionals (YP), has commended the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for implementing the free Senior High School (SHS) policy.
The group has, however, condemned the lack of policy document and plan to sustain the programme for successive governments to adopt it in the near future.
The group also criticised President Akufo-Addo for failing to live up to the manifesto promise of proving jobs for unemployed graduates and hiding behind Nation Builders Corp (NaBCO) to “deceive Ghanaians.”
According to YP, the NPP government’s knee-jerk approach of using NaBCO as a means of providing jobs to the teeming youth without any successive and exit plan shows clearly that the government had failed woefully.
Addressing a press conference yesterday, the general secretary of YP, Mr Elikem Kotoko, said because the previous government wanted to widen the employment net, it embarked on infrastructure development such as building schools, hospitals and other facilities to employ more unemployed graduates.
Mr Kotoko said the President and his Vice took office in 2017, 15 months down the lane and they had forgotten their widely promised ‘one constituency $1 million’, ‘1D1F’ and ‘one- village-one-dam’ policies.
“In July 2017, Nana Akufo-Addo promised disbursement of the ‘one constituency $1 million’ to begin in few weeks, but we are now in May 2018 and no constituency has received a cent or cedi equivalent,” he stated.
He said when the coordinator of the ‘one-district-one-factory’ programme was asked about the extent of work on the project which was to create employment for the teeming youth in the country, he said it was hanging in the balance.
Mr Kotoko said concerning the ‘one-village-one-dam’ project, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, after coming to office, said not every village would receive a dam, which was an insult to Ghanaians who demanded to see the actualisation of the promise.
Corruption
On corruption, the general secretary described the NPP government as assuming the duties of a clearing agent, clearing every corruption allegation case levelled against it such as the famous BOST scandal and cash-for-seat saga.
They also described the stands by the government on the United States Military Deal as failure on the part of the government to champion the Ghanaian agenda.
Mr Kotoko also condemned the culture of sacking potential Ghanaian workers who are considered not to be NPP sympathisers at workplaces and government institutions and called on Ghanaians to demand accountability and put pressure on the government to deliver on its promises.
Source: Daily Heritage
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What professionals?? You lazy people must find a work to do, for how long will be in opposition and do what you’re doing.People are working and you so called Young Professionals are fuuuuuling around.Npp will continue to win power until they tell us they are tired.As far as they are doing what we want you guys should wait and see.
NDC party of ignorance and lazy. They have nothing to offer for the people of ghana.
EVERYTHING IS A HOAX,FREE SHS IS A HOAX,NHIS IS A HOAX,SCHOOL FEEDING IA A HOAX,SECOND TIER PENSION IA A HOAX,ONE DISTRICT ONE FACTORY IS A HOAX,ONE VILLAGE ONE DAM IS A HOAX,COMPUTER SELECTION QA HOAX OOHO MY BROTHERS IF YOU LACK IDEAS THE BEST THING TO DO IS GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE WITH IDEAS.IF YOU LACK WISDOM JUST ASK GOD.ALL THESE INTERVENTIONS ARE ALL FROM NPP,IF YOU DREAM,DREAM BIG AND THE LORD WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
you have said it all Ben. Am shocked Elikem Kotoko have not learnt any lesson and will never follow anything good. Kotoko tell your pay masters these your noise won't wash.
Elikem Kotoko was the SRC president in Cape Coast Polytechnic Now Cape Coast Technical University for the 2005/2006 academic year. Elikem kotoko was a big disgrace, as his tenure was greeted with massive corruption.Series of demonstrations were held for his removal. Kotoko what happened to the marketing that you read? I read Accounting and graduated the same year with you.I know most of our colleagues who are working and have become useful citizens. Please find yourself a job and stop following this ***barred word***. No wonder he is the secretary to this ***barred word*** GROUP. NDC you are doomed these people as your future leaders. OPPOSITION YOU WILL REMAIN FOREVER.
NOBODY IS FORCING ANYBODY TO GO AND REGISTER FOR A JOB. YOU CAN GO AND BURN THE SEA IF YOU ARE AGAINST THIS NOBLE IDEA. N---KWA----SEA---FO
Ndc was in power for 8 years and created serious economic MESS, borrowed unprecedented loans and shared it to themselves, how do you expect the New government to perform magic less than two years to solve all the nation problem? SHITHOLE MINORITY
If the NDC had done something good with the YEA and all the other agencies we wouldn't be where we are today. Instead they shared the money and bought houses in Dubai.
Did the NPP and Akufo Addo promise to provide employment to all unemployed Ghanaians in his first year in power?
The NDC is not for anything because they don't believe in anything, They are rather against everything good, new and innovative. NABCO is not compulsory. Join it if you can but otherwise hold your peace and remain unemployed. Government can only assist you get a job but it does not owe you a job.