Kofi Agyepong, the CEO of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has announced that the government plans to reassign former tollbooth workers as District Disability Officers of the agency throughout Ghana by the end of 2023. This comes after approximately 800 tollbooth workers lost their jobs when the government abolished tolls on public roads and bridges in November 2022.
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The workers have expressed disappointment in the government for not fulfilling its promise of providing them with alternative livelihoods or reassigning them, one year after their job loss. They also claim that the government has not delivered the promised monthly allowance, as stated by the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, since January 2022.
However, speaking at the launch of the Business and Employment Assistance Programme (BEAP) on Monday in Sunyani, Kofi Agyepong assured that the former toll workers would be reassigned before the end of the year. He stated, "By the end of this year, all former tollbooth workers who were laid off after the government abolished all tolls on public roads and bridges will be re-assigned as YEA district disability officers."
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