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Deborah Enam Sogbey, a former Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) program trainee, demonstrated on the streets of Kumasi to demand her 8-month allowance arrears.
In a “one-woman demo,” she protests the government’s failure to pay NaBCo trainees for 8 months in arrears.
Deborah Enam Sogbey claims her survival is dependent on friends and family since she quit the program and is currently unemployed as a graduate.
The demonstration, which began at Anlonga Junction and continued through Kumasi’s main streets through Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and ended at Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, where she presented her petition, included a call for the government to pay her 8-month allowance.
The demonstrator carried posters that read: “Pay us immediately before we die,” “We are famished,” and “We demand permanent work.”
The NaBCo programme is a government initiative aimed at reducing graduate unemployment and addressing social issues.
Graduates were hired as temporary workers in the health, education, agriculture, technology, governance, and revenue mobilisation sectors; however, the program is no longer in operation. More than 100,000 youth who were hired through this program are now unemployed.
Deborah Enam Sogbey has petitioned the government on behalf of all NaBCo trainees to pay their 8-month arrears to support their livelihood.
By Enock Baffoe/uniquenewsgh.com
