Henry Nana Boakye, NPP National Youth Organizer addressing the media in Kumasi.
The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B ) has challenged the NDC to give account on 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:”
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One District One Factory: over 58 factories out of the 181 under the 1D1F initiative have been completed and operationalized
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NABCO: 100,000 young persons have been employed
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Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has employed over 70,000 young people
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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.
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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.
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Recruitment of 8,872 Teachers
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Recruitment of 1,445 Non-Teaching Staff
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Recruitment of 7,700 youth under Educational Support Programme under GES and YEA
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Recruitment of 54,000 Nurses
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Recruitment of 18,000 Other Health Workers
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Recruitment of 1,174 Environmental Health Officers/ Assistants:
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Recruitment of 2,700 Extension Officers
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Recruitment of over 12,000 Security Personnel
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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.
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Hundred and five thousand three hundred and fifty (105,350) Job Creation in Cocoa
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Eighty-Three Thousand (83.000) youth employed By Forestry Commission
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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
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Presidential Pitch: 40 young persons given financial support, 460 jobs created.
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Equipping the Youth with Entrepreneurial Skills under NEIP – NEIP has trained 45,000 youth in Agricbusines, ICT, Trade and Commerce
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Funding of Young Entrepreneurs under NEIP: A total of 9,350 businesses have been funded within 3 years
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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.
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Rural Enterprise Programme (REP): A total of 3,833 new rural businesses were established whilst 4,727 direct jobs were created.
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Green Business Initiative: 75 Greenhouses (Domes), 1,500 young graduates engaged.
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Jobs under Incubation and Support Programme at Accra Digital Center: 150 start-ups supported, additional 200 ancillary jobs created.
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Technology Transfer, Research and Product Development Programme (TTRPDP)
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Technical and Vocational Skills Training – trained 11,662 persons in various vocational trades.
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Jobs under Labour Department 2,250 persons in gainful employment
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1,438 Jobs under National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI)
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Planting for Food and Jobs – 1.9 million people including the Ghanaian Youth have benefited from this program.
- 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
