The Ministry of Trade and Industry plans to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 500 companies to admit university graduates under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO)
[contextly_sidebar id=”ptHbunovwhj1ImnSWiGs1Ohi74A6n5Zv”]The companies will admit the 13,000 graduates who have applied for NABCO under the Enterprise Module.
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsey said this at a meeting in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, with companies on the role of private companies can play in the Enterprise Module of NABCO.
He said the graduates will undergo “a very structured and detailed apprenticeship programme”, with the companies making provision for “12 weeks of guaranteed training.
“We are going to sign an MoU with every one of these companies, with a viewpoint of taking the graduates that they need to help in their businesses.”
Mr. Ahomka-Lindsey also made known that government was going to pay the allowances of the graduates for the first 1 and a half year whilst the beneficiary companies pay for the rest of the 3 year training period.
The Deputy Minister said the approach by government is one that will see most graduates retained after the three (3) years training period, noting that, an uptake of them subsequently “will not be a hurdle for the companies since they have worked with them and know their strengths and capabilities”.
The meeting brought together more than 200 companies who have expressed interest in NABCO.
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By: Lauretta Timah/citinewsroom.com/Ghana