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Reports available to channel247online.com say three persons have been arrested in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region for allegedly charging applicants of the National Apprenticeship Program for filling their application forms for them. The three were arrested after some concerned youth reported their activities to the regional office of the program. Confirming the arrests to channel247online.com, the National Coordinator of the program, Nicodemus NBD Dery said, ”we arrested three people who were accused of selling the forms to the applicants. Upon their arrest, we found out that they took it upon themselves to print out the forms for the applicants due to the pressure on the NYA office where the forms are available and decided to charge a fee of GHC50 as administrative fee for their services.”
”We handed the suspects to the police who took their caution statements and released them”, he revealed.
AKUAPEM NORTH AGITATION
This comes on the heels of allegations by a group known as the Concerned Youths of Akuapem North Municipality that one Mr Godwin Azameti (Mputu) and certain individuals have been taking advantage of our fellow youths by filling application forms for the National Apprenticeship Program for a fee of GH50 at Okorase in the Akuapem north constituency in the Eastern Region which has sparked controversy surrounding the Policy .
The group in a press statement called on the Coordinating office of the program to ensure the program is transparent.
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC
Reacting to the agitations in the Akuapem North Municipality, Mr. Dery urged the public to report anyone selling the forms to them to the nearest National Youth Authority office or the police for redress. He disclosed that the program is free of charge for those interested hence no one should pay for the forms.
Source:channel247online.com
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