ELEVEN thousand youth are to be engaged in a training programme under the oil and gas module of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) with the view to creating job avenues for them in the sector.
Already, 3,500 youth have been recruited and given allocations by the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) for the six-month training which is expected to commence this month.
A Deputy National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Joseph Osborn Djeni, who briefed the Daily Graphic in Accra on the oil and gas module, said authorities of the MDPI who were to conduct the training had projected to engage 11,000 of those youth in the next two years.
He stated that the training was aimed at equipping them, as well as a broad spectrum of Ghanaians, with the requisite knowledge to position them to man positions in the oil industry.
Mr Djeni, who is the co-ordinator responsible for the oil and gas module, explained that the selection of programmes for beneficiaries to be trained was based on their educational backgrounds, taking into account the courses they offered while in school.
He said the training cut across various professional disciplines which, he believed, was an indication of the government’s commitment to develop a local content policy to back Ghanaian participation in the exploitation of oil.
The National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Abuja Pele, in a separate interview, told the Daily Graphic that plans were afoot to provide opportunities for the youth under the trades and vocations module to participate in construction work when the STX project took shape.
He was of the belief that the youth-in-construction, which constituted a segment of the trades and vocations module, had the potential to offer employment openings to thousands of NYEP beneficiaries during the five-year period of the housing project.
Mr Pele stated that at a recent review conference to find a lasting solution to funding difficulties confronting the programme, he noted the absence of legislation backing its establishment as a major hindrance to its smooth implementation.
Explaining, he said since there was no legislation establishing the NYEP, its funding sources, which included the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Road Fund and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), were reluctant to release money for the programme for the fact that they were not obliged to do so.
He proposed a change of the name of the programme to Youth Employment and Development Agency to reflect its new policy direction which focused on the development and promotion of entrepreneurial skills among the youth.
The national co-ordinator said the programme strategy for 2011-2012 was being developed for consideration by the government and its subsequent implementation.
Already, 3,500 youth have been recruited and given allocations by the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) for the six-month training which is expected to commence this month.
A Deputy National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Joseph Osborn Djeni, who briefed the Daily Graphic in Accra on the oil and gas module, said authorities of the MDPI who were to conduct the training had projected to engage 11,000 of those youth in the next two years.
He stated that the training was aimed at equipping them, as well as a broad spectrum of Ghanaians, with the requisite knowledge to position them to man positions in the oil industry.
Mr Djeni, who is the co-ordinator responsible for the oil and gas module, explained that the selection of programmes for beneficiaries to be trained was based on their educational backgrounds, taking into account the courses they offered while in school.
He said the training cut across various professional disciplines which, he believed, was an indication of the government’s commitment to develop a local content policy to back Ghanaian participation in the exploitation of oil.
The National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Abuja Pele, in a separate interview, told the Daily Graphic that plans were afoot to provide opportunities for the youth under the trades and vocations module to participate in construction work when the STX project took shape.
He was of the belief that the youth-in-construction, which constituted a segment of the trades and vocations module, had the potential to offer employment openings to thousands of NYEP beneficiaries during the five-year period of the housing project.
Mr Pele stated that at a recent review conference to find a lasting solution to funding difficulties confronting the programme, he noted the absence of legislation backing its establishment as a major hindrance to its smooth implementation.
Explaining, he said since there was no legislation establishing the NYEP, its funding sources, which included the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Road Fund and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), were reluctant to release money for the programme for the fact that they were not obliged to do so.
He proposed a change of the name of the programme to Youth Employment and Development Agency to reflect its new policy direction which focused on the development and promotion of entrepreneurial skills among the youth.
The national co-ordinator said the programme strategy for 2011-2012 was being developed for consideration by the government and its subsequent implementation.
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