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The CEO of Nations Builder’s Corps (NABCO), Dr. Ibrahim Anyars has disclosed that the current trainees of the program will take up the opportunity created by the government with the YouStart initiative to become entrepreneurs and employ others as they exit the program.
Citing the entrepreneurship initiative under the YouStart Dr. Anyars hinted that the “now 66,648 trainees from the NABCO Scheme can provide an immediate and ready resource to the YouStart initiative. This is in the light of their exit arrangements, but even more imperative is the quantum of investment that has been made already in these tertiary graduates.â€
Dr. Anyars made this known in his remarks on a panel discussion at a Consultative Breakfast Meeting on Harmonizing Policies and Programmes on Youth Development in Ghana organized by The National Youth Authority (NYA), Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Alisa Hotel, North Ridge-Accra.Â
The meeting brought together The Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO), The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), The Youth Employment Agency (YEA), National Service Scheme (NSS), Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA), National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme (NAELP), The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat (SCHOLSEC) among others who discussed the core objectives of their agencies and how to synergize to create greater impact.
Dr. Anyars noted the 3-year NABCO Scheme Bridges the gap between Academia and Industry by providing opportunities for young people after tertiary education to add value to themselves and become attractive to the demand side of Industry which indicates that young people from school did not adequately have the required skills and values for Industry.
The Minister of Finance, Hon. who was the special guest of honor reemphasized that entrepreneurship must be at the centre stage of job creation for Ghana’s youth and the YouStart under the Ghana CARES Programme will be the planform to provide the needed capacity; Technology, required Skills Set and Capital.
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