{"id":405629,"date":"2018-03-02T06:15:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T06:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405629"},"modified":"2018-03-03T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T17:10:54","slug":"nss-boss-justifies-300000-expenditure-for-mit-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/nss-boss-justifies-300000-expenditure-for-mit-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"NSS boss justifies $300,000 expenditure for MIT programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS), Mustapha Ussif, has rubbished concerns from the MP for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak, that the secretariat is wasting money by spending $300,000 on a training programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).<\/p>\n
Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Ussif further clarified that the training programme engaged 17 individuals from \u201call youth agencies\u201d as well as persons from academia and corporate Ghana.<\/p>\n The programme involves a series of workshop sessions geared towards exploring solutions towards reducing youth unemployment.<\/p>\n In Parliament on Thursday, Ras Mubarak raised issues with the amount spent on the programme which translates to about GHc 1.3 million.<\/p>\n