Safer Jobs in the Eastern Region – Minister | Social

Mr. Kwarkye Darfour, East Regional Minister and Member of Parliament for Nkawkaw, said that about 9,696 youths found jobs in the region between 2017 and 2018 under the NABCO (Youth Employment and Nation Builders) program. Body).

As part of the Youth Employment Agency, 1,861 youth were employed between 2017 and 2018, and another 1,500 were deployed in the Community Protection module. 200 in the Youth in Sports module and others in the Youth in Agriculture extension program, among others.

According to him, about 7,835 graduates were employed in seven modules of the NABCO program, of which 2,281 were awarded to "Educate Ghana"; 1,759 to "Revenue Ghana" and the rest in the other modules.

Mr. Darfur said this during the evening for the media and stakeholder review meeting organized by the Eastern Region Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in Koforidua.

The MP said that a dozen of the region's industries had received funding under the One District One Factory (1D1F) program and that these factories were operating in a variety of sectors, including the production of lumber. Work and charcoal; production of paper and clothing.

The minister called on entrepreneurs who are looking for potential future business areas in the East region to invest their resources, adding that they would get all the support needed from his office and of the government.