As part of its corporate social responsibility to give back to society, the management of Sinapi Aba Trust has successfully graduated 290 apprentices it sponsored into an artisanal program in Koforidua.
The program aims to create job opportunities for young people and help curb unemployment, which remains a major concern for the country.
The 290 youth who graduated were drawn from 33 constituencies across the Eastern Region.
Meanwhile, the Ghanaian government has also targeted training 100,000 youth through its National Apprenticeship Programme in 2026.
Speaking to journalists, Program Manager in charge of International and Partner Relations at Sinapi Aba Trust, Araba Mosner Ansong, said that since inception of the Youth Apprenticeship Programme in 2003 to 2026, they have trained more than 5,500 youth between ages of 15 and 25 and have helped change their lives.
“We give them start-up capital after graduation with no interest to enable them to establish their business to avoid wasting what they have learned,” she hinted.
Mrs. Ansong further said that if all private institutions in the country offer support such as this to empower young men and women, high unemployment rate would be reduced drastically, and the central government would be relieved.
Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency, Michael Okyere Baafi, through his representative at the program, John Arthur, commended management of Sinapi Aba Trust for such an important initiative, adding that he is also embarking on similar program for his youth.
“Michael Baafi doesn’t want to see any of the graduates staying at home because they don’t have a shop to commence work.
“The New Juaben South MP said I should tell them to use their homes to start the work for now and take advantage of the new media to advertise their items, and they will make a lot of income to better themselves,” mentioned John Arthur.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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