A day of prayer has been set aside by the Nation Builders Corps Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) to ask God to change the hearts of government employees who are unwilling to pay their allowances.
As a result, the former NABCo trainees have designated Wednesday, November 9, 2022, as their day of prayer and fasting in protest of their unpaid allowances.
"Because of the hardship, NABCo trainees are to fast and pray on Wednesday, November 9th 2022, [for] God to touch the hearts of our leaders to hear our plea and pay us," the trainees stated in a statement.
For 46 trying months (about three years and ten months), NABCO trainees gave their lives in service to Ghana.
"Unfortunately for us, after 46 months of sacrifice, we were basically ordered to go home unhappily," the message continued. The government still owing us 10 months' worth of stipends at that point.
"Despite our repeated requests, the administration insulted us by giving us a one-month stipend. Only God is aware of the suffering these innocent trainees have endured for the past 46 months and continue to endure.
Therefore, on November 9, 2022, we will fast and pray to God asking for his intervention to transform the hearts of these leaders so that they will pay what is owed to us during this terrible time.
"It is stated in Proverbs chapter 21:1 that "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. " and in Psalm 61:1 that "Hear my cry, O God; listen to my request.
"We kindly request that every trainee participate in this day of fasting and prayer. We really believe that after this period of fasting and prayer, God will create a path where there initially appeared to be none.
The Akufo-Addo-Bawumia-led administration launched NABCo in 2017 as one of several steps to solve the nation's graduate unemployment problem.
The project's seven modules—Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Digitize Ghana, Enterprise Ghana, and Civic Ghana—were used to carry it out.