As part of his Entrepreneurial and Job creation programme, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah Member of Parliament for Effia Kwesimintsim has started sponsoring over five hundred people representing twenty-five youth groups with training in cat fish farming.
The training program which was led by the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Agric Director, Mr. John Kwamena Gyimah saw the first batch of 7 youth groups successfully completing their training.
To ensure that these youth groups are successful in this venture, the MP has made available GHc 50,000 to assist the groups in the construction of their tarpaulin fish ponds, procuring of 5000 fingerlings and their feeding, among other operational expenses as they start their own cat fish farms after their training.
“Together with my ICT and Vocational training programmes previously organized where I supported 600 and 500 youth respectively in skills development, I hope this new programme will help create more jobs for the able and willing youth in my beloved constituency, and alleviate joblessness”, he said on his facebook post.
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