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Aggrieved NABCo trainees threaten strike
Some aggrieved beneficiaries of the Nation Builders’ Corp (NABCo) have served notice they will embark on strike if government does not meet their demands by Friday, June 10.
According to them, they have not received any allowances from government since being directed to remain at post after the programme came to an end in October, last year.
“Seven months down the line, we were directed to remain at post until permanent arrangements, we have worked assiduously, but unfortunately on an empty stomach accruing to a sum of GH¢4,900.00.
“All efforts to get government to pay these allowances have been fruitless upon official petitions and calls to your outfit,” a letter written to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NABCo said.
The letter was signed by Frank Quansah, the National Secretary of the Coalition of NABCO Trainees (CONAT), and copied President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ministry of Finance and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
“We have been crippled penniless and highly indebted and therefore demand that the government pays all the arrears due us before 10th June, 2022 and also make sure that the promise for permanent jobs is fulfilled immediately for trainees to exit the scheme peacefully before severe starvation takes us to our graves.”
The programme was introduced in 2018 as one of the policies of the Ajkufo-Addo-led government to ease unemployment in the country.
But it ended in 2021.
However, a directive was issued for all trainees to remain at post until further instructions.
Source: www.primenewsghana.com
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
