Youth in Sekondi-Takoradi to acquire employable skills

Sekondi, June 17, GNA- Madam Abena Kwallah, a philanthropist, said she has initiated a programme to assist youth in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to acquire skills in hairdressing and batik, tie and dye production to make them self-employed. The philanthropist said she would initially spend 2,280 Ghana cedis on the training of 56 youth from Takoradi, Kwesimintsim, Sekondi and Essikado at the Sekondi Youth Centre. Madam Kwallah, who was speaking at a ceremony in Sekondi to commence the training of the 56 batch of trainees said last year, she assisted 12 girls to undergo apprenticeship in sewing and to acquire sewing machines. She called on individuals, organisations and government to collaborate efforts to tackle the problem of unemployment since it partly contributed to the occurrence of crimes and social vices. Madam Kwallah appealed to government to support the centre to enable it to train more youth in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. She commended the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly for allowing the training to take place at Centre. Mr Joe Appiah, the Metropolitan Youth Coordinator, advised the trainees to take advantage of the opportunity being offered them to acquire employable skulls.