German envoy and Deputy Minister cutting the tape to open the event
The second edition of the Ghana Job
Fair has commenced in Accra, with 1,000 job offers for qualified job seekers
that patronised the event.
The event, which brought
together about 2,000 job seekers and over 120 employers, was aimed at tackling
unemployment by providing a platform to share ideas and match the skills of jobseekers
with the available jobs.
It was organised by the
Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GCC), in collaboration
with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) and the Delegation
of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK Ghana).
Speaking at an opening ceremony,
the German Ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, commended the government
for the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ vision, which also tackles the challenge of youth
unemployment in the country.
He said that Ghana has 60 per
cent of its population under the age of 25.
“On the other hand, if we do not
provide the right working environment for the teeming youth it would be a destabilising
factor in the economy where the youth would migrate in search of greener
pastures.
“Germany stands ready to support
Ghana. We have committed ourselves to training 25,000 young Ghanaians in the
next three years, and supporting Ghana in the construction of two new centres
of excellence for vocational training,” he said.
The Minister of Employment and
Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, in a speech read on his behalf by the
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko Brobbey, said
there is a disconnect between employers and jobseekers as a result of the lack
of information.
“This is why a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) signed between MELR and GIZ focused on employment promotion
through job-matching, vocational counselling and guidance,” he said.
The Country Director of German Development Co-operation (GIZ), Alan Walsch, advised the ministry and participating companies to organise job fairs in future without necessarily relying on foreign agencies.
By Issah Mohammed
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