Ignatius Baffour Awuah (right) handing over one of the sewing
machines to a beneficiary<\/strong><\/p>\nTHE MINISTER of Employment and
\nLabour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has distributed 400 hairdryers and 400
\nsewing machines to artisans in Sunyani West in the Bono Region.<\/p>\n
About 800 young men and women from Fiapre,
\nAdantia, Chira, Dumasuo and Odumasi benefitted from the package.<\/p>\n
The minister, who doubles as Member
\nof Parliament (MP) for Sunyani West, said the tools were to allow master seamstresses\/dressmakers
\nand hairdressers to engage more apprentices for training in the vocation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also to enable those who
\nhave completed their trade but are still serving their masters because of lack
\nof money to get some tools to start work and make a living,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He said it was the mandate of his
\nministry to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth in all parts of the
\ncountry and the government was determined to make that happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vision of the Akufo-Addo government
\nis to use technical and vocational training and education to prepare the youth
\nfor rapid economic development,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
He said the government was not
\ndiscriminating in its effort to make the youth acquire skills to become
\ngainfully employed.<\/p>\n
The leaders of hairdressers and
\ndressmakers association in the area, Augustina Kisiwaa and Obeng Mensah
\nrespectively, commended the MP for the assistance and promised they would
\nensure the pieces of equipment are put to good use for others to benefit. <\/p>\n
danielyaodayee@yahoo.com<\/strong> <\/p>\n FROM Daniel Y Dayee& Prince FifiiYorke<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ignatius Baffour Awuah (right) handing over one of the sewingmachines to a beneficiary THE MINISTER of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has distributed 400 hairdryers and 400 sewing machines to artisans in Sunyani West in the Bono Region. About 800 young men and women from Fiapre, Adantia, Chira, Dumasuo and Odumasi benefitted from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":767588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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