One of the 10 months’ arrears owing to Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) trainees has been refunded by the government.
Dennis Opoku Katakyie, President of the NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG), confirmed this.
The NABTAG President in a statement said “NABCO trainees are hereby informed that stipends payment for November 2021, as one month’s settlement of the ten months arrears, has been processed. In actuality, nine months, counting from December 2021 through to August 2022, are still outstanding.”
The NABCO trainees said, although one month’s payment is only a speck of the total amount owed them, they are grateful to the government for taking a step “in ameliorating the unfortunate situation in which we find ourselves.”
They also urged the government, notably the Ministry of Finance, to “incorporate trainees’ outstanding arrears into forthcoming allocations so that the Secretariat can execute payment for the remaining months.”
NABTAG has stated that it will take every reasonable step to guarantee that trainees are paid in full for the remaining months.
“If after a considerable period of time, arrears for the remaining months are not fully paid, the leadership will recruit another draconian measure to forcibly ensure that we are paid. We have done it before, so we can do it again.”
