Member of Parliament for Akim Oda Alexander Akwesi Acquah has urged the youth in his constituency to take the MP’s two weeks sponsored digital skills training seriously; pointing out to them that in the current dispensation ICT is making a lot of people better and has become the order of the day.
The youth will be taken through basic training in ICT like introduction to Microsoft Windows, office applications and internet usage/social media, the intermediary will be web development, web design, mobile App development and graphic design.
Whiles the advanced training will focus on data virtualization and analytics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, cyber security, ethical hacking and cloud computing.
To inspire the youth, he pointed out to them that the source of worth of the current Food and Agriculture Minister Brian Acheampong is Corley from ICT.
Mr. Acquah further pointed out that, as a nation we did not get into ICT at an early stage, “we are still grabbling with it”.
Speaking further on some related developments that would inure to the benefit of beneficiaries of the digital skills training program, the MP disclosed that the burnt central market currently being reconstructed would be ready by the end of the year.
And it would be the biggest, most fashionable and most modern market in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
“It means it’s going to attract a lot of shops and business that will need a lot of advert, website and exposure. The market as an entity will have to be marketed to attract people we want to see it.
The implication therefore is that the knowledge they have acquired would be put to good use as they provide services to the traders who need them.
He warned beneficiaries to not exhibit the usual behavior of taking the training for granted because it is free; adding that the money that has been invested in training them could have been given to them but that would not last as the knowledge acquired would be with them forever.
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Mr. Akwasi Acquah made this observation on Monday, July 24, 2023 at a start of a digital skill training program at Akim Oda to benefit over forty youths in his constituency to help them walk the trajectory of innovation.
He said this at the opening of the delocalized meeting of the Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; and the Committee on Social Affairs, Gender and Women Empowerment holding in Monrovia, Liberia.
Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Howard Taylor lamented that political inclusivity is still far from being achieved, insisting that going by a few statistics as indicated by a January 2023 UN Women Facts and Figures report, women on the continent particularly and globally in general are still yet to be accorded the acceptable number in distribution of political offices.
She noted that inclusive political processes are crucial to sustaining peace and conflict prevention; establishing and strengthening political processes aimed at improving the participation and political influence of citizens; making governments and institutions more accountable and transparent, and building a stronger and more inclusive social contract between government and the people for greater access to opportunities, amongst other issues.
Again, election issues are of concern to ECOWAS, so “in my honest opinion things that were witnessed in the Sierra Leone’s elections, we need to tackle it by improving on them more especially when you have the opposition denouncing the election results; they felt the process was not as transparent”, he indicated.
According to the Speaker per agreement between leadership of the House and the Finance Ministry, the sector Minister will be available on Friday, July 28, 2023 for an intensive discussion on the presentation of the mid-year budget review.
