Prez. Mahama promises to empower young people to become employers
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President Mahama has pledged to ensure that government’s 10 million youth fund is used to support start ups and empower young people to be employers.
“The international youth fund will be used to support start ups for young people who have ideas and need support to breathe life into those ideas,” the President said.
Government has announced plans of launching a 10 million youth fund to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship and push young people to become job providers.
The fund is expected to be launched at the State Banquet Hall on Tuesday evening.
Speaking at the International Youth day forum, the President Mahama revealed the allocation of the special fund will be based on merit and “open to all Ghanaian youth irrespective of gender, political or ethnic affiliation.”
“All Ghanaian youth who have brilliant ideas but can’t find the necessary support to start up will be interested in this initiative,”
“All youth who meet the requirement of the fund will be considered,” the President stated.
The International Youth day is an annual event organized in collaboration with other stakeholders to empower young people to transform their societies.
By: Marian Efe Ansah
ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson
[email protected] An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.
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