{"id":15691,"date":"2024-01-19T16:34:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15691"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:34:19","slug":"president-ali-announces-expansion-of-part-time-job-initiative-in-budget-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-announces-expansion-of-part-time-job-initiative-in-budget-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Announces Expansion of Part-Time Job Initiative in Budget 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has revealed plans to expand and continue the part-time job initiative in the upcoming year, citing its positive impact on wealth creation and poverty alleviation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing some criticism, the initiative, introduced last year, has proven to be a significant contributor to the workforce, particularly benefiting around 15,000 Guyanese, predominantly women and single mothers, at a cost of approximately six billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized that the program not only facilitated the delivery of government services across the country but also injected more disposable income into households and communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Radha-Part-Time-Jobs-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing its success, the government has allocated ten billion dollars in the Budget 2024 to expand the initiative, targeting an additional six to seven thousand Guyanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Radha-Part-Time-Jobs-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the launch of the initiative last year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo highlighted that being Guyanese was the only qualification needed to benefit from these part-time jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed the government&#8217;s commitment to continuing the program for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this expansion, President Ali aims to support more families, with an estimated 22,000 families expected to benefit from the part-time job initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aligns with the government&#8217;s broader goals of creating wealth and fostering economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This budgetary allocation underscores the administration&#8217;s commitment to addressing unemployment and promoting financial stability among citizens through innovative and inclusive initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has revealed plans to expand and continue the part-time job initiative in the upcoming year, citing its positive impact on wealth creation and poverty alleviation. Despite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15694,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15691\/revisions\/15694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}