The unique National Unemployment Insurance Scheme was introduced by the government as part of the Ghana Cares Obaatanpa campaign.
As a result of the negative effects of the corona virus epidemic, an effort that will start with the tourist and educational sectors will provide vocational and technical training for workers in the private sector who have lost their employment.
In order to do this, the Ministries of Finance and Employment and Labor Relations developed a nationwide training and retraining programme for certain impacted individuals.
Ignatius Baffuour Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, justified the decision to focus on the tourist and educational sectors, claiming that they will be most adversely affected by COVID-19.
"The sectors picked for now have been most significantly impacted, and considering the number engaged and damage, it is simply logical that we begin with them, so that the scope may be expanded later," he said.
The development of a National Unemployment Insurance Scheme (NUIS), which would provide income assistance to workers who become jobless due to external reasons like COVID-19, was announced by the government in the 2020 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review.
The training and re-training programme is a part of the effort to maintain and improve the affected workers' human capital and to make it easier for them to find gainful employment again at better performance levels.
The tourist, hospitality, and educational sectors are being used as test markets for the training.
the start of national unemployment insurance for employees impacted by COVID-19
Ken Ofori-Atta, the minister of finance, is certain that this will change the job picture in the nation since so many people would have the chance to participate in the programme.
The training and retraining programme, which is a part of the NUIS, is intended to maintain and improve the human capital and skills of the present generation of employees who lost their jobs or are underemployed as a result of the epidemic.
It emphasises improving abilities, job ethics, productivity, and attitude. It is concentrated on improving employees' chances of re-entering the workforce at greater levels of performance or productivity. He noted that it places an emphasis on vocational, technical, and professional training and retraining.
The Trades Union Congress and the Ghana Employers Association, among other parties, have endorsed the proposal.
Dr. Yaw Baah, the TUC's Secretary General, encouraged the Ministry to expedite the procedure so that additional economic sectors that have been impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic may be included in the programme.