OIC and YIEDIE projects equip WR youth with skills

By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA
Sekondi, March 28, GNA - The Opportunity Industrialisation Ghana (OIC), in collaboration with the YIEDIE project has graduated more than 300 students with various vocational skills at Sekondi in the Western Region.

The initiative sponsored by Master Card Foundation based in Canada is aimed at empowering young Ghanaians with technical skills training through improved apprenticeship leading to employable skills in Ghana.

Mr Emmanuel Sagoe, Project Manager of OIC in the Metropolis said the OIC YIEDIE partnership was more relevant to give hope to the less privileged Ghanaian youth.

He mentioned that the OIC entered into agreement with Global Communities and Master card foundation to provide the training to both literate and semi-literate youth.

Mr Sagoe mentioned that some master craftsmen and women within the Metropolis had been selected to help with the training.

The YIEDIE project targets more than 23,000 of which the OIC was to train a total of 14,700 individuals between the ages of 17-24 in technical skills and YES Ghana to train 9,000 young people in entrepreneurship.

Mrs Vera Odoi-Mills, National Coordinator of the YIEDIE project advised the beneficiaries of the training programme to adopt good attitude towards work and social life.

She added that the construction sector needed such great skills and talent adding, "your commitment to duty and respect for superior will earn a place in the job market".

Mrs. Odoi-Mills said the YIEDIE project , which was launched after a study in 2013 showed that Ghana would need some skills sect in the technical and vocational areas in the years ahead to promote the construction sector.

GNA