15,000 youth to be employed under new service agreement between Forestry Commission and Youth Employment Agency
Some 15,000 youth across the country are to be employed under a new
service agreement signed today between the Forestry Commission (FC) and
the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).
The fifteen thousand recruits
will be trained and equipped to among others carry out forest plantation
establishments, maintenance of existing forest plantations, coppice
management and enrichment plantation.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu
Afriyie in a speech before the formal signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Commission and the YEA observed that in
fulfillment of government's budgetary pledge to create employment for
the teeming unemployed youth, the government has allocated funds for the
development and implementation of a forest plantation programme. The
funds he said will be administered by the YEA, the agency responsible
for the facilitation and coordination of employment opportunities for
the Youth of Ghana. Mr Afriyie also disclosed that the employment
programme is for an initial two year period after which it will be
reviewed, extended and enhanced.
Justin Kodua Frimpong, Chief Executive Officer of Youth Employment Agency, (YEA) reiterated his outfit's commitment to ensuring that all the youth of Ghana are gainfully employed. He added that all 15,000 employees of the programme will earn GHc 400.00 as their allowance on monthly bases during the first phase of the Forest Plantation Programme.
After both Chief Executives of the two institutions signed the MOU, they disclosed that the Forest Plantation Programme (FPP) will kick start in January 2018.
Justin Kodua Frimpong, Chief Executive Officer of Youth Employment Agency, (YEA) reiterated his outfit's commitment to ensuring that all the youth of Ghana are gainfully employed. He added that all 15,000 employees of the programme will earn GHc 400.00 as their allowance on monthly bases during the first phase of the Forest Plantation Programme.
After both Chief Executives of the two institutions signed the MOU, they disclosed that the Forest Plantation Programme (FPP) will kick start in January 2018.
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