THE Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) has initiated three more modules under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) aimed at creating jobs for the youth in the municipality.
The three modules are Youth in Trade and Vocation, Agriculture and ICT.
Already, three other modules, Youth in Community Policing, Nursing Assistance and Sanitation, which are under the management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, are in operation.
Mr Addinortey Numo, the Municipal Chief Executive, said this when he addressed the youth of Ashaiman at the Ebenezer Chapel of the Global Evangelical Church and assured them of the government’s commitment to addressing the challenges facing the youth in the municipality.
He said the government acknowledged the immense potential of the youth and the need to use them for national development.
“The youth of our nation constitute a great asset. Therefore, there is the need for us to harness their energies for productive activities for their development,” he added.
Mr Addinortey lamented that though funds for the development of various projects in the municipality were ready, “we are faced with the problem of the unavailability of land in the Ashaiman Municipality to execute the projects”.
He added that this situation was driving away potential investors from the area and cited the case of two developers from the United States who had expressed their interest to construct a training facility in that area.
Mr Addinortey said the project was intended to facilitate the training of the youth in various vocations in the area.
The Municipal Chief Executive, therefore, used the opportunity to appeal to the various stakeholders, including Tema Traditional Council, Tema Development Corporation, churches, groups and individuals to come to the aid of the assembly by making land available for the execution of various projects within the assembly.
Additionally, Mr Addinortey urged the youth to eschew any form of misconduct that would disrupt the peace and stability in the area, and also avoid the use of drugs, which usually induced them to misconduct themselves.
He mentioned teenage pregnancy and a very high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the area as the two major challenges facing the municipality.
To address these issues, the Assembly had intensified its education on adolescence reproductive health and on causes and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
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