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The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has launched the Opportunity industrialisation Centre in Cape Coast to provide skills training for the youth.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Centre is expected to train the youth to acquire skills that will enable them <\/span>to earn<\/span><\/span> a decent living.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speaking at the launch of the Centre, Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of TVET, Babara Asher Ayisi, told the youth that it was wrong for them to idle about, confident that government had provided many opportunities to prevent that.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSitting at home and waiting for your dream job is a bit dangerous. <\/span>Government<\/span><\/span> cannot provide formal employment for everybody and that\u2019s why government through the Opportunity Industrialisation Centre is opening avenues like these,\u201c she averred.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of TVET, wants the youth to start a business on their own in order to get support from <\/span>the government<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to her, it will be odd, in the midst of the opportunities <\/span>the government<\/span><\/span> is creating, for any youth to sit idle and complain of unemployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSitting home and doing nothing is a crime. We, the youth must avail ourselves of the numerous interventions <\/span>the government<\/span><\/span> is providing to acquire skills necessary for our personal and community development,\u201d she appealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Executive Director of the Opportunity Industrialisation Centre, Samuel Debrah, is optimistic the narrative about unemployment would change if the youth avail themselves of opportunities such as this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe project trains people on masonry, carpentry, hairdressing, hair braiding, bakery and many more skills any youth dreams of acquiring. All they need to do is to pay a commitment fee of GHS20 and the rest is on,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

The duration for the training ranges between 10 and 16 months after which graduates from the program would be supported to start up their businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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