NBU Project creates employment access for Asokore Mampong Youth

As part of measures to help reduce to the  barest minimum the high rate of unemployment suffocating youth of Asokore Mampong Municipality, implementers of No Business As Usual Project (NBU) have once again taken youth in the area through a day’s training dubbed; “Career Day 1.0”.

The objective of the event was to introduce youth(those seeking internship and jobs) within the municipality to reliable and available opportunities and again expose them to possible courses in school that will connect them to their desired career.

According to facilitators, the event was an extension of the Meetup event which is organised at different times so that youth will have access to chances of securing  internship and job opportunities.

NBU Project Manager Mr. Daniel Okitty Boamah speaking through this medium in an exclusive dialogue on the sidelines of the event underscored that the program also sought to equip  youth of Asokore Mampong with a deeper insight on internship and job seeking opportunities.

Participants who registered in their numbers to partake   gained the opportunity to discuss and understand the various professions and departments within an organisation.

Speakers who graced the occasion were Mrs. Selina Priscila Opoku who serves the capacity as the Communications Officer for Care Ghana; Dr. Stephen Takyi who holds the position as a  Lecturer- Planning Department of KNUST, Mrs. Mavis A.A Ekpe, Project Coordinator for Family Strengthening Program and Mrs. Ama Duncan, Co-Founder, Corporate Training Solutions.

As a way of adding more agility to the event, the occasion was tinted with breakout sessions where participants were made to break into groups depending on their interest to interact with the speakers.

In an interview with Dr. Stephen Takyi Lecturer at the Planning Department of KNUST, he called on the  government of Ghana to restructure the current system of education.

He underlined in his statement that the status-quo is such that it focuses much on the theory than the practical which according to him is not helping in the development of potentials of many youth in the country.

He averred that because “our education is theoretically centered, majority of our youth have not been able to actualise their potentials and this has really contributed to the high unemployment rate in the country.”

He advised that Ghana’s Secondary Education should make more room for skill development training so that more youth will be helped in the development of their talents.

“This will help them to utilize their talents whether in the field of football, music, acting, dress making) and make a living out of it.” he added.