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Graduate Entrepreneurs Due For National Service To Receive Allowances While Building Their Own Businesses – John Kumah – NEIP Boss

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Graduate Entrepreneurs Due For National Service To Receive Allowances While Building Their Own Businesses – John Kumah – NEIP Boss 

Mr John Kumah – Executive Director of National Entrepreneurship & Innovative Plan

Potential National Service Personnel Who Are Entrepreneurs Will Not Be Posted But Still Receive Their Allowances As They Build Their Businesses At Their Desired Locations – NEIP Boss, John Kumah Hints 

The Executive Director of the National Entrepreneurship & Innovative Plan (NEIP) Mr John Kuma in an exclusive interview on Face to Face with Godfred Akoto Boafo on Citi Tv has hinted that, forthcoming, Graduate Entrepreneurs who have already started building their businesses while in school will not be posted to any user agencies but will still receive their Allowances as they focus on building their businesses in their desired locations. 

Mr John Kumah said this is a new initiative under the auspices of the National Entrepreneurship & Innovative Plan in collaboration with the National Service Scheme, whereby Potential National Service Personnel who would like to venture into entrepreneurship and create businesses for themselves can still apply for National Service and continue with their personal businesses as they still receive their Service allowances from the NSS Secretariat. 

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The NEIP Boss when describing the work of his office and achievements of the NEIP initiative indicated that, the NEIP initiative has helped create numerous jobs to Ghanaian Youth. Many of which have established their own businesses through their innovative ideas and have received funding supports from his office. 

Mr John Kuma went further to put on records that, through the National Youth Authority (NYA), Youth Empowerment Agency (YEA) and the National Entrepreneurship & Innovative Plan (NEIP) Ghana’s unemployment rate has reduced to 7.3%. 

Adding up to his point, the NEIP boss fired the Ex President and current Flag-bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress that, Ghanaians has experienced John Mahama as a youthful president but Ex President John Mahama created a hopeless future for the Ghanaian Youth. 

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In comparing the Ex President to the incumbent Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, Mr John Kuma commended President Akufo-Addo for his Innovative and visionary leadership despite he being an old man. 

 

Mr John Kuma who is set to contest the Ejisu Parliamentary seat come April 2020 assured Ghanaians that, the NEIP initiative, Planting for  food and jobs, NABCO, Youth Employment, and One District one factory employment initiatives will create numerous jobs in Ghana by the end of the of 2020. 

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The NEIP Boss went further to say that this new initiative for potential National Service personnel who are entrepreneurs will help groom more young entrepreneurs in the country to help increase employment in the long run. 

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Safety Gathering 3.0 Crowns New Champions at Goldfield Clubhouse, Tarkwa

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Safety Gathering 3.0 lived up to its billing as a premium evening celebrating safety leadership, excellence in mentorship, and the next generation of HSE professionals.

Held on Saturday, 26th September 2026 at 6:00 PM GMT at the Gold Fields Club House, Tarkwa, the event brought together senior industry leaders, policymakers, regulators, HSE professionals, academics, traditional leaders and students in one room for an evening of dinner, networking, recognition and meaningful conversations around a shared commitment to protecting lives and building safer workplaces.

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True to its theme, Where Leaders Connect. Where Safety Inspires, the night delivered on its promise. It was more than an event – it was the room where leaders connect, collaborate and inspire.

The event was graced by distinguished dignitaries including Rev. George Azanu, MSc, MBA, General Manager of Engineers & Planners Company Ltd., Tarkwa Mine; Dennis Nii Odoi Sowah, Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines, Operations, Ghana; Ernestina Awelgiyah, QHSE Country Manager of SMT Ghana; Dr. Vida Badu Oppong, EAP Officer of Heath Goldfields Ltd.; Paul Ackah, Health, Safety and Environment Manager of Drill Masters Africa; Jonathan Ketu, Occupational Health and Safety Manager of Miro Forestry and Timber Products; Veronica Kwofie, MILT, Deputy Transport Manager of Consolidated Shipping Agencies Ltd.; Francis Amanle Cudjoe, CIH, Occupational/Industrial Hygienist of GoldFields Ghana; Edem Galley, Occupational Health and Safety Manager of Ghana Manganese Company; Ing. Lewis Sarpong, Occupational Health and Safety Superintendent, Projects, Africa Business Unit, AngloGold Ashanti; Irene Aboagye-Akari, Occupational Health and Safety Manager of Damang Gold Mine; Dr. Seth Nii Addy, CEO & Medical Director of Rabboni Christian Hospital Ltd.; and Damoah Emmanuel Nyarkoh, Founder & Director of Safety Campaign Ghana.

The cohort followed a structured mentorship period during which each mentee was assigned to an industry professional and taken through examinations, tasks, and activities designed to nurture them into future Health, Safety and Environment professionals.

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The climax of the evening was the award ceremony for the third mentorship cohort. Mentees were presented with certificates of participation and scholarships ranging from GHS 6,500 to GHS 15,000, with Hannah Nyamekye emerging as the overall winner.

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