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Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Regional Manager of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Eric Affram, has observed that despite government’s efforts to arrest the endemic unemployment situation in the country through the introduction of many skills training projects, they have failed to bring any significant changes.
The youth particularly those in Northern Ghana, he noted, have continued to migrate to the South to look for non-existent jobs and often end up engaging in social vices.
Speaking at a closing ceremony to mark the end of a 5-day soap and detergent making in Tamale which forms part of the eleventh edition of MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care, Mr. Affram said “we are so thankful to MTN for this laudable initiative and hope that they will continue to collaborate with us in such skill development in the future”.
He continued: “To you the trainees, this workshop was to equip you well enough to set up your own businesses. I would therefore implore you not to leave any stone unturned in delivering what is expected of you in order to generate income through your business activities to fend for yourselves.
“This workshop is expected to have a cascading effect, as we believe you will train others and your trainees will also train others in the future. As your trainees and their trainees also settle on their own they would be generating income through their businesses. This means that they would also be contributing to the development of the local economy”, Mr. Affram opined.
The NBSSI Manager also urged the young women to balance their technical skills in soap and detergent making with entrepreneurial exhibits in order to sustain their business.
Twenty-one Days of Y’ello Care is the MTN group’s annual corporate social responsibility volunteer programme. For 21 days, MTN personnel work voluntarily for a good cause beginning from June 1st to June 21st. In the Tamale area, 20 young women were given free training on how to make soap and washing detergent.
Acting Corporate Services Executive, Samuel Koranteng, in a speech read for him said “MTN Y’ello Care Day forms part of our efforts to support the empowerment of young people in the markets in which we operate. As an organization committed to digital innovation, we are aware of the ways in which technological advancements have influenced traditional nations of the workplace and created new opportunities in the digital economy.
“We want to create a platform for young people to see what the future job market may look like and empower them with tools and ideas that will prepare them for the future. All MTN operations are implementing the same programme, with the same intended objectives”, he explained.
Meanwhile, 100 young people selected from deprived communities were taught soap making, batik production, beads making and leather works at the end of the 21 days programme.
By Savannahnewsonline.com/Philip Liebs
