Presentation of Training Programme to 50 young people in Bono Region by National Youth Authority(NYA)
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has initiated a programme to equip 50 young people in the Bono Region with employable skills. This initiative under the Skill Towards Employment and Productivity Programme (STEP) aims to reduce youth unemployment in the country. The beneficiaries, aged between 15 and 30, are selected from deprived communities in Berekum West and Banda Districts.
NYA has presented hair dryers, rollers, and trolleys, sewing machines and satellite installation machines to the beneficiaries. The programme, which is implemented in 30 districts across the country, provides four training modules, including hairdressing, dressmaking, cosmetology and satellite installation.
The STEP programme reflects NYA’s commitment to developing the youth to make them self-reliant. Nelson Owusu Ansah, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the NYA, emphasized this point at separate ceremonies held at Jinjini in the Berekum West and Banda in the Banda District. The programme intends to provide skill training support to enable young people to learn trade skills.
Madam Fati Bamba, the Bono Regional Director of the NYA, stated that the beneficiaries were selected from Sabiye, Makola, Banda Bongase, Kabrono and Dompofie in the Banda and Ayinom, Jamdede and Jinjini in the Berekum West.
She noted that the government could expand the programme to benefit more of the unemployed young people, depending on the readiness and commitment of the beneficiaries to learn the trade. She also urged the beneficiaries to take their training seriously to justify the investment the government was making in them.