As a sequel to the
roll-out of new and revised modules of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), a
four-day retreat session for the Executive Management and Senior Officers has
been held to build their reflexes towards executing the ensuing task.
The retreat was geared
toward transforming the Agency and repositioning it as the reference point of
employment for the youth of Ghana in both the private and public sectors.
The retreat was also a
strategic meeting backed by the governing Board of the Agency to set the agenda
for the upcoming working year 2023 and to set a pace of conspicuously reducing
the rate of unemployment in Ghana.
YEA organises retreat
to strategise for 2023 working year
At the opening of the
four-day session, the CEO Kofi Baah Agyepong expressed concern over the need to
make the Agency a very formidable entity capable of speedily curtailing the
rising spate of unemployment in the country.
He reminded the
management team members of the sensitive and strategic position of the Youth
Employment Agency at the heart of government of Ghana’s employment Agenda.
Setting his vision for
the upcoming year, Mr Agyepong emphasised a new drive that will greatly support
skills acquisition and development based on market and industry demand
considering the economic structure and strata of the country.
YEA organises retreat
to strategise for 2023 working year
“Skill training,
acquisition and development are one of the major solutions to our country’s
employment issues.
“The real estate
industry today is looking for tilers, plumbers, electricians, and gardeners
amongst others while the oil industry is searching for local participation in
mechanic works, machine handling etc.,
“Can we as a youth
Agency not take advantage of the government’s visionary ‘One District, One
Factory’ project, provide Labour and even venture into the production of raw
materials like sugarcane for the Komenda Sugar Factory?” he questioned.
Mr Agyepong hinted that
2023 would also see more traditional modules rolled out to cater for the
teeming youth who are completing Senior High Schools (SHSs) and are waiting to
enter the job market.
According to him, the
immediate modules earmarked to be run will include Youth in Community Security
Services i.e. Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) with the Ghana Police
Service and the Youth in Prisons Service module with the Ghana Prisons Service.
YEA organises retreat
to strategise for 2023 working year
The CEO and the
management team also intimated plans to embark on flagship projects in the
various regions and districts especially in the areas of the agricultural value
chain to support the food basket of the country.
One fruitful outcome of
the retreat was the resolution of ensuring an effective exit strategy for
beneficiaries who enrol onto the Agency’s traditional modules in transitioning
from the two-year cycle to permanent employment.
Skill development was
one avenue considered for the exit strategy while the other option would
require the beneficiary institutions to permanently employ some of the outstanding
performers on the modules.
The meeting also set
the tone for re-organizing some directorates and setting short and medium-term
objectives that fit into the organisational strategy for the next two years.
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