Garment industry can become employment engine for Ghana

Economic news for Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Source: GNA

2020-12-22

Mr. Christian Wollnik, team leader at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), observed that the garment industry could become an employment engine for Ghana.

He said that GIZ was therefore considering expanding its engagement in this sector beyond its existing projects.

Mr Wollnik said this during a training session for representatives of 12 member companies of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Ghana (AGAM) on how to prevent transmission of the coronavirus in a factory environment.

The training aims to support the positive development of the industry, which has seen significant improvement in recent years.

He said: “AGAM is, of course, our first point of contact for this.”

The training was conducted by experienced public health experts and provided recommendations on how to develop robust hygiene concepts for production sites.

Mr. Wollnik said the training was a starting signal for deeper cooperation between AGAM and GIZ.

Mr. Gregory Kankoh, President of AGAM, expressed his satisfaction with the training, saying: “For our members the training was useful. We are all doing our best to weather the crisis and even though many of our factories are already well positioned: there is always room for improvement.

He said the great thing was that factories could learn not only from technical experts, but also from each other.

Training participants were encouraged to organize training themselves and pass on the acquired content to their staff.

At the end of the training, participating factories received polyethylene tanks, Veronica buckets, face masks and disinfectants.

Participants also discussed the management of a possible COVID-19 outbreak, such as how the workforce should be informed, who should be tested and how to ensure that production could be maintained in the event of an outbreak. .