10,000 jobs for grabs soon for the youth,
Deputy Information Minister says
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, Sept 14, Ghanadot - An
estimated 10,000 jobs will be up for grabs to university and
Polytechnic students, as well as skilled and unskilled
labour after the Mills Administration launches
the initiative
called “Eco Brigade” this Friday at Esiama in the Western
Region.
The initiative, a public-private collaboration, will be co-ordinated
by the Ministry of Environment, Science & Technology is
expected to benefit the Energy, Health, Tourism and
Environment sectors in particular.
Explaining what the initiative entails in an interview with
Ghanadot, the Deputy Minister of Information, Mr. James Agyenim Boateng, said “Eco Brigade” is a well laid out plan
by the government to create permanent jobs using indigenous
labour in order to raise the standards of living of the
families of the estimated 10,000 people to be employed.
He said under the Initiative, Ghanaians will be trained to
work in the about-to-boom oil industry.
Transfer of technology to Ghana
will be a feature of this program for the development
of the local capacity in the oil industry.
Furthermore, under the Oil Spillage Response Strategy (OSRS),
core groups which would include local fishermen who are
always at sea will be trained in the management of oil
spillage at sea.
According to him, to ensure that the OSRS yields positive
results, the trainers of trainers have already received
training in Nigeria and are all set to train other trainers
and supervisors in the management of oil spillage.
Touching on how the initiative will benefit the environment,
health and tourism sectors, the Deputy Minister explained
that the initiative has an elaborate plan to keep Ghana’s
long stretch of beach, from Elubo in the Western Region to
Aflao in the Volta Region, constantly clean. Coconut trees
will be planted along the stretch of beach land to offer
shade, beauty and food to inhabitants as well as tourists.
Accra, Sept 14, Ghanadot - An
estimated 10,000 jobs will be up for grabs to university and
Polytechnic students, as well as skilled and unskilled
labour after the Mills Administration launches initiative
called “Eco Brigade” this Friday at Esiama in the Western
Region.. .....
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