News:
May 14, 2014
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Alex Afenyo-Markin, has presented some start-up equipment to some youth of the Winneba Seventh Day Adventist Central Church.
The items, made up of 15 standing driers and sewing machines and an oven, are to assist the beneficiary youth to engage in businesses to improve their living standards.
Making the presentation on behalf of the MP, the Effutu Constituency Chairman of the NPP, Mr Kojo Halm, said the presentation was in response to a request made by the church for assistance to enable some of the youth who had completed their respective trades to start their businesses.
He noted that the gesture, which has been replicated in other churches, had the objective to support the unemployed youth in the area to be gainfully employed as a means of improving their livelihoods.
According to him, there was high rate of unemployment among the youth and its attendant problems and that the MP thought it wise to assist them in order for them to lead responsible lives in the municipality.
He assured the gathering of the MP’s resolve to ensure that the youth in the constituency were supported at all times to engage in businesses which would enable them to contribute immensely towards the development of Winneba and its environs.
The Winneba District Pastor of the SDA Church, Pastor Isaac Kontoh Boateng, expressed gratitude to the MP for positively responding to their request and said that the presentation of the items would enable the youth to work to improve their lives and to support the growth of the church.
He urged the beneficiary youth to put the items to good use in order to motivate the MP to assist other youth.
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