Chief Of Naval Staff, Rear Adm Seth Amoama inspecting some of the prod ucts
As part of
its 60th anniversary celebration, the Ghana Navy has organised a
skills training programme for 392 spouses of personnel of the Ghana Armed
Forces in Accra.
The
five-week programme was attended by 144 spouses of personnel from the Army, 180
from the Navy and 50 from the Air Force. Also in attendance were eleven serving
personnel and a civilian.
The
training was to equip the women with business skills to start up their own
businesses.
At its
closing ceremony held at Burma Camp in Accra, the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear
Admiral Seth Amoama, said skills’ training is important because it improves
practical knowledge and widens entrepreneurial opportunities.
“The life
of an armed forces spouse is undeniably challenging, which may include staying
away from one’s spouse for months and in some cases, years, assuming the role
of a single parent and trying to balance it with one’s own career and sometimes
moving from one region to another, due to transfers,” he said.
The women
were trained in soap, ice cream, beads production and floral arrangement and
decoration among others.
There was
an exhibition of products by the women at the end of the training each of them
receiving a certificate.
(Lindatenyah@Gmail.Com)
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey
