Ignatius Baffour Awuah (right) handing over one of the sewing
machines 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 the package.
The minister, who doubles as Member
of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani West, said the tools were to allow master seamstresses/dressmakers
and hairdressers to engage more apprentices for training in the vocation.
“It is also to enable those who
have completed their trade but are still serving their masters because of lack
of money to get some tools to start work and make a living,” he added.
He said it was the mandate of his
ministry to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth in all parts of the
country and the government was determined to make that happen.
“The vision of the Akufo-Addo government
is to use technical and vocational training and education to prepare the youth
for rapid economic development,” he stressed.
He said the government was not
discriminating in its effort to make the youth acquire skills to become
gainfully employed.
The leaders of hairdressers and
dressmakers association in the area, Augustina Kisiwaa and Obeng Mensah
respectively, commended the MP for the assistance and promised they would
ensure the pieces of equipment are put to good use for others to benefit.
FROM Daniel Y Dayee& Prince FifiiYorke
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