NSS AND YEA COLLABORATE TO ROLL OUT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.
The National Service Scheme (NSS) and
the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) are jointly exploring innovative programmes
that will help to create sustainable jobs for the country’s teeming youth.
The initiative forms part of the two
state agencies contribution towards addressing unemployment in Ghana.
To firm up the collaboration, the Chief
Executive officer of YEA, Mr. Justin Kodua Frimpong, has paid a courtesy call
on the Executive Director of NSS, Mr. Osei Assibey in his office to share ideas
on the way forward to achieving their target.
The YEA has the mandate to
oversee the coordination, supervision and facilitation of employment for the
Ghanaian youth while the NSS is mandated to mobilize, recruit, train, deploy
and develop Ghanaian graduates of 18 years and above to render mandatory
service for a period of one year.
This makes the two agencies critical
stakeholders in the development of the youth and harnessing their potential for
national development.
As part of the discussions, the two
bosses of the state agencies observed that as key stakeholders in youth
development, it was important that both parties resolved to form a joint
technical group to develop concepts for job creation.
They also pledged their commitment to
continue the engagement to expedite the process of concept development for full
implementation of the project.
It emerged from the meeting that through
the partnership, the YEA and NSS would continue to expand existing modules and
device strategies to create more sustainable jobs and opportunities and promote
entrepreneurship among graduates.
Mr. Assibey said the collaboration
between the two agencies was a step in the right direction as it would go a
long way to enhance the government’s quest to provide sustainable jobs for the
youth.
He said NSS was ready to fully provide
support to the innovative idea to make it see the light of day.
For his part, Mr. Kodua was hopeful that
the issues discussed would advance the welfare of the youth.
“We came from the visit genuinely energized about the
possibilities for continued engagement.
Actually,
being at the NSS allowed us to learn about their deployment modules, interact
with their staffs and personnel, and determine where we might partner with them
most effectively for both agencies.” Justin Kodua said.
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