The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B ) has challenged the NDC to give account for the youth-focused policies and programs they (NDC) implemented in their 8 years in government and the impact such policies, if any, had in the lives of the Ghanaian Youth.
Speaking at a Press Conference dubbed “The Youth Must Know Series”, Nana B asserted that “the NPP Youth is giving the National Youth wing and the Communications Outfit of the NDC a one week ultimatum to tell the Ghanaian Youth, specific Youth-focused policies and programs that they implemented in their 8years administration and the impact it had in the lives of the youth of Ghana.”
“The policies of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia that have had far reaching benefits to the youth are over hundred. But for strategic reasons, I will list 60 of them:”
1. One District One Factory: over 58 factories out of the 181 under the 1D1F initiative have been completed and operationalized
2. NABCO: 100,000 young persons have been employed
3. Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has employed over 70,000 young people
4. YEA’s Job Center platform, Region Flagship Projects and the Artisan Directory has enabled thousands of young people across the country to secure sustainable jobs in the short to medium term.
5. Financial Support to one thousand athletes - a monthly stipends of Ghc500.00 to be paid to 1,000 athletes for a period of six (6) months.
6. Recruitment of 8,872 Teachers
7. Recruitment of 1,445 Non-Teaching Staff
8. Recruitment of 7,700 youth under Educational Support Programme under GES and YEA
9. Recruitment of 54,000 Nurses
10. Recruitment of 18,000 Other Health Workers
11. Recruitment of 1,174 Environmental Health Officers/ Assistants:
12. Recruitment of 2,700 Extension Officers
13. Recruitment of over 12,000 Security Personnel
14. Investment and Jobs under Ghana Automotive Development Policy - Volkswagen has commenced assembling cars in Ghana, Toyota, Nissan, Renault, Hyundai, Sinotruck and Suzuki to start very soon.
15. Hundred and five thousand three hundred and fifty (105,350) Job Creation in Cocoa
16. Eighty-Three Thousand (83.000) youth employed By Forestry Commission
17. Twelve thousand (12,000) start-ups and small business trained, 3,000 provided with funding to expand their businesses in order to create jobs under the Presidential Business Support Programme
18. Presidential Pitch: 40 young persons given financial support, 460 jobs created.
19. Equipping the Youth with Entrepreneurial Skills under NEIP - NEIP has trained 45,000 youth in Agricbusines, ICT, Trade and Commerce
20. Funding of Young Entrepreneurs under NEIP: A total of 9,350 businesses have been funded within 3 years
21. Campus Business Pitch Programme: building the entrepreneurship culture among students with the intention of catching them young to contribute meaningfully to the Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda.
22. Rural Enterprise Programme (REP): A total of 3,833 new rural businesses were established whilst 4,727 direct jobs were created.
23. Green Business Initiative: 75 Greenhouses (Domes), 1,500 young graduates engaged.
24. Jobs under Incubation and Support Programme at Accra Digital Center: 150 start-ups supported, additional 200 ancillary jobs created.
25. Technology Transfer, Research and Product Development Programme (TTRPDP)
26. Technical and Vocational Skills Training - trained 11,662 persons in various vocational trades.
27. Jobs under Labour Department 2,250 persons in gainful employment
28. 1,438 Jobs under National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI)
29. Planting for Food and Jobs - 1.9 million people including the Ghanaian Youth have benefited from this program.
30. Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) - The programme aims to promote the export of tree crops including cashew, coffee, coconut, oil palm, mango, rubber and sheanut to increase export earnings. The youth of Ghana are beneficiaries of this novelty.
31. Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ): 321 youths trained in modern methods of aquaculture production. Over 1,200 direct jobs and 1,800 indirect jobs projected in 2020
32. Jobs at Fish Landing Sites: To ensure safe launching and landing of artisanal fishing, create and maintain hygienic environments and create potential job opportunities within the fishing communities
33. Free Basic Education Certificate Examination: Government absorbed the registration fees for 391,318 candidates from public Junior High Schools and 397,500 candidates from Public JHSs in 2020.
34. Free West African Senior School Certificate Examination: Ghc75 million used to pay for the WASSCE examination fees of the 313,838 students - the soon to be “Akufo-Addo Graduates”.
35. Free Learning Materials: By virtue of Free SHS, learning materials like core textbooks, supplementary readers, uniforms, house-cloths, house-dress, technical drawing equipment, PE kits, notebooks and exercise books are being supplied for free since 2017.
36. Double Track System - 520,000 Ghanaian Children get access to SHS
37. Unprecedented Infrastructure Projects in SHS and Basic Schools - 1,200 infrastructural projects in SHS and 557 at the basic.
38. Library Infrastrature Development for Academic Excellence: The construction of 2 libraries and renovation 10 existing libraries, including the Accra Central, Asokore and Hohoe libraries
39. The construction and establishment of Ten (10) Training Centres of Excellence for the Council for Technical, Vocational Education and Training (COTVET)
40. Restoration of Teacher Trainees Allowance: In 2020 fiscal year alone, Ghc357 million is being paid to 48,000 Teacher Trainees.
41. Restoration of Nursing Trainees Allowance: In 2020 fiscal year alone, Ghc336 million is being paid to 49,000 Nursing Trainees.
42. Scholarships for the youth: In 2019 alone, over 30,000 brilliant but needed students were given scholarship through the District Level Scholarship Scheme. It is projected that 60,000 students will be given scholarship in 2020.
43. Over 20,000 students trained under the Student Entrepreneurial Initiative rolled out by NEIP.
45. Enhanced Professional Image of Teachers through the introduction of Licensure Examination
46. Professional Allowance For Teachers: From this year, every Teacher will be paid Ghc1,200 annually as Professional Allowance.
47. Timely Payment of Salaries of Newly Recruited Teachers
48. Abolishment of Three (3) months Salary Pay Policy
50. Enhanced Teacher Motivation Package: In 2019 government disbursed GH¢52.6 million to SHSs and technical institutions for academic interventions and teacher motivation.
51. Restoration of Book and Research Allowance and a Bill in parliament to provide secure and reliable funding.
52. The curricula of Colleges of Education has been updated to ensure they produce graduates that would teach the well-equipped and critical thinking population we need to move the country forward
53. Construction of 10 ultra-modern and multi-purpose youth centers, with five thousand capacity, across the country by NYA.
54. The construction of astro-turf by the Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development across the country
55. Free water for all Ghanaians for 3 months (April, May and June).
56. Free Electricity for lifeline customers and 50% discount for other customers for 3 months (April, May and June).
57. Six Hundred Million Ghana Cedis (Ghc600 million) Coronavirus Alleviation Program Business Support Scheme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
58. Tax exemptions for 6 months for Front-line Workers.
59. Additional allowance of 50% of their basic salaries for 6 months for Front-line Workers.
60. Almighty Free SHS: 1.2 million children benefiting from Free SHS
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The NDC communications team must stay focus and stop responding to these diversionary tactics. Ghanaians are on his case for saying SHS final year students brought COVID19 from their homes, so if you spend quality time responding to these bogus list people will now leave him alone. They are so hot now, considering how the voter registration is going on well and most Ghanaians in queue always say they are registering to quickly get rid of nana addo. If you engage them on these lies, you end up losing your voters. This is the same lies barwumia has been speaking since they came to power. I remember just 6months in power barwumia gave over 100 achievements. So 4 years if the achievements is now 60, then why waste time on these daydreamers.
Nobody have time to waste on a fooolll. After insulting final year SHS students of sending COVID19 to schools he wants people to do what? When God want to kill you he first makes you mad. The same SHS final year students he went to schools to campaign for them to vote for nana addo, are the same people he has insulted that they are all COVID19 patients who brought the disease from their houses to schools. Meaning, their parents may also have COVID19. The guy didn't try koraaaaaa. How can you say this to NANA ADDO GRADUATES! Now they are going to give the votes to JDM.
IF THERE IS NO REASON TO VOTE FOR JDM, THERE IS ENOUGH REASON TO VOTE NANA ADDO OUT. here are few👇👇👇👇👇 1. PDS fraudulent deal 2. $10 million wasted on Cocoa roads Audit 3. $4.5 million AfCON profligate expenditure 4. Ministry of Finance pays Ghc1 million to Kroll Associates for no work done - Auditor General 5. 12 top state infrastructure designs sole-sourced to one firm 6. Ghc283 million paid in judgement debt 7. Ghc3 million renovated warehouses defective 8. Appointment of Kwame Owusu (Iceman) as board chairman for GRA after installing 11 ACs in two bedroom facility 9. Ghc9.6 billion lost to corruption since 2017 10. $17,000 per hour private jet hired by president to tour the world 11. Mac Manu fingered in $1.5 billion MPS deal 12. Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company increases allowances by 400% 13. Minister of state at Presidency busted over bribery attempt on Star FM Journalist over galamsey exposé 14. NHIS divert Ghc17 million into private investment company 15. Ghc3.9 million to buy condoms 16. Appointment of MD for non-existent Keta Sea Port 17. Militants train at Presidency Annex (Osu Castle) 18. Presidential staffers caught on video over galamsey bribes 19. Fight at GNPC between CEO and Board Chairman (Freddy Blay) over procurement 20. Ghana included in European Commission dirty money list 21. Ministry of Health anti-snake serum procurement breaches 22. Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections turn war zone 23. $12 million worth of fertiliser for Planting for Food and Jobs missing 24. Government trades Aisha Huang for Chinese loan 25. Government busted in $12 million Oslo consulate deal 26. Ghc18k entertainment allowances for Sanitation Minister 27. $12.5 million sole-sourced contract for blood distribution drones 28. Presidential staffers list increases from 998 to 1,614 29. Ghc297,585 missing at Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly 30. $14 million blown by Ministry of Tourism over capacity building 31. EOCO official suspended for calling on President Akufo-Addo to prosecute his own corrupt officials 32. 2 bedroom resident renovated at Ghc1 million by GMA (Ghana Maritime Authority boss - Kwame Owusu now Board Chairman for GRA) 33. Ghana Maritime Authority boss blows Ghc700 per head on lunch in a day 34. Ghc1.5 million rot uncovered at EPA 35. PMMC Baird adjusts allowances upwards 36. Ghana travels with the largest delegation to UN conference 37. Government distributed expired food items to flood victims 38. Asuogyaman DCE buys Ghc1,850 printer for Ghc16,000 39. Over 600,000 litres of BOST contaminated fuel disappears 40. Board chairman of Auditor-General Department violating procurement processes 41. Government lies over destruction of 10,000 hectares of farm lands under Planting for Food and Jobs 42. Sawla DCE awarding contracts to himself 43. GNPC buys $7.5 million property from CEOs former company 44. Government destroys bungalows of judges in anticipating of raising funds to build national cathedral 45. Government restores quota system in Nursing Training institutions through back door 46. CEO of Forestry Commission fingered in galamsey 47. Adwoa Safo takes $8,500 from NHIA for USA trip 48. NHIA blows 62k on Government communicators 49. Ghc697 million squandered in 2017 by Ministry of Finance 50. Flagstaff House guards busted in robbery, rape 51. NACOB excluded from Port checks 52. Wife of Sammy Awuku grabs juicy Free Zones Feeding contract 53. Gifty Klenam blows Gh93k on clothing allowance 54. Gifty Klenam blows $132 on rent 55. Peter Mac Manu in conflict of interest at GPHA as wife is handed juicy contracts 56. GFA Nyantakyi solicits Ghc8 million bribe for Akufo-Addo, Bawumia 57. Rot at NHIA - Audit Service 58. $89 million dubious KelniGVG contract 59. CEO of Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company awards fictitious contracts 60. Ghana loses Gh1 million in undervalued Metro Mass bus sales 61. Metro Mass MD fingered in corruption 62. Sports Ministry, Pius Hadzide in visa racketeering scandal 63. Wife of Kennedy Agyapong handed Ghc100.2 million sole-sourced streetlights contract 64. 11 contracts of NLA packaged and handed over to sister-In-law of MD in a day 65. Ghc28.8 million procurement scandal at MASLOC 66. President Akufo-Addo gifted NPP Ghc5 million for Cape Coast Conference 67. Fisheries Minister kicks out Director from office over fight against corruption in her administration 68. Ketu South MCE smuggles in $3.2 million luxury vehicle. 69. DVLA sells Ghc10 first aid kit for Ghc100 70. Special Development Ministry blows Ghc800k on website 71. Expats charged $100k to sit with Akufo-Addo 72. Ken Attafuah sacks NIA staff for criticising Akufo-Addo on Facebook 73. NLA boss takes $60k personal loan from service provider 74. Ghc100k spent to change name of Tamale Sports Stadium to Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium 75. Akuffo-Addo makes U-turn, endorses Jospong a company he branded as corrupt 76. Over 200 instances of premix fuel diversions recoded in 2017 77. Ghc1.9 billion allocated to presidency in 2018 78. Government blows Ghc177 million on failed energy bond 79. NPP youth invade police station, frees suspects at Karaga 80. Hajj board official in over Ghc23k visa fraud 81. Ghana blows $2.5 million on GhanaPostGPS 82. In-law of Vice President appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to UAE 83. CEO of Tamale Teaching Hospital chased out of office 84. District Assemblies to cough Ghc5k each to fund Akufo-Addo’s tour 85. CID cooks report to clear two Deputy Chiefs of Staff 86. Ahanta West DCE rejects official bungalow, blows Ghc22k on hotel accommodation 87. Finance Minster in procurement breaches over Ghc10 million loan to MacDan 88. NPP grabs Ghc900 million from two banks without board approval 89. Osafo Marfo appoints two sons into top government positions 90. Stephen Ntim appointed Lands Commission boss under a repealed law 91. Ghc5.6 million blown in Ghana@60 March parade 92. Ghc9 million spent by Agric Minister to procure fake chemicals to fight army worms 93. BOST boss in 5 million litres contaminated fuel deal 94. Invisible Forces seize Trotro Station, assaults drivers in Accra 95. Northern Regional Minister, Bugri Naabu clash over road contracts 96. 10,000 bags of fertiliser missing 97. Akufo-Addo sacks 13,000 public sector workers 98. A-G drops charges against NPP Delta Forces 99. Medical Director of Ridge Hospital sacked without due process 100. $2.2 billion conflict of interest Bond involving Ken Ofori-Atta. 101. Sale of Kotoka international airport 102. Ursula Owusu 800,000 for website