UNEMPLOYMENT among the youth in the Tamale metropolis is to be addressed with the inauguration of a project to train more than 180 youth annually to acquire various vocational skills in the metropolis.
The project, estimated at GH¢40,000, is the brain child of the Northern Youth for Peace and Community Development (NYPCD), a non-governmental organisation.
As part of the initiative, the NYPCD will link the trainees to credit unions, rural banks and the Ministry of Trade and Industry to enable them to have access to credit facilities to establish their own businesses and to help market their produce.
For a start, 50 trainees have been registered to undergo two-year training in fashion and design, hairdressing, batik tie-dye making, shoe production and smock weaving. It is envisaged that the completion of the project would help curb the high rural-urban migration among the youth.
A facility housing the various units like workshop, hairdressing unit, leather works unit, stores, and equipment such as sewing machines, designing equipment, among others, have been acquired to kick-start the training.
The Director of the NYPCD, Mr Yussif Hamidu, told the Daily Graphic that facilities would be expanded in the years ahead to provide accommodation facilities to enable trainees to be housed at the NYPCD training centre.
“At the moment we have six instructors and I wish to appeal to donor partners, particularly the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), to assist us to pay these instructors” Mr Hamidu stated.
The director commended all those who in diverse ways supported the project, and made particular mention of Dr Valerie Sawyerr, the Deputy Chief of Staff, for her tremendous role in supporting the initiative.
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