The Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region has launched an apprenticeship program for his constituents as an effort to equip the youth to be self-employed and to reduce unemployment in the country.
The project aims to empower a total of 113 beneficiaries with the necessary skills in apprenticeship in his constituency.
Addressing the beneficiaries and participants at Rawlings Park in Fumbisi on 29th March 2024, Dr. Apaak explained that the training fees have already been paid to the beneficiaries’ masters and madams to kick start the project. He added that his vision is to see the youth in his constituency gain employable skills to enable them to have jobs and therefore reduce the rising unemployment among the youth in his constituency and the country at large.
Dr. Apaak also believes that this unique initiative will greatly help the many young people in his constituency who are unemployed to gain a source of livelihood.
He urged parents to assist their children in getting the necessary skills training by supporting them and reiterated his commitment to support the youth in his constituency to be independent in creating jobs for themselves so that they can live decent lives.
Dr. Apaak told the media that the main goal of the initiative was to provide the beneficiaries with the startup funds necessary to enroll them in any desired courses of study.
Many people in the district want to pursue skills training in fields like masonry, carpentry, hairdressing, and sewing, but they lack the funding. “I therefore decided to start this program today to assist everyone who wants to learn skills training,” he said.
He took the opportunity to encourage the young people in the area to take advantage of the initiative because, in his opinion, it will benefit them today and in the future.
Source: oyerepafmonline.com/Edmond Kwaching Agwaazeh, Upper East Regional Correspondent
