The Savannah region hosted the accreditation/ refresher training for the Master Craft Persons( MCPs) and Matriculation/induction ceremony for the first cohort of the MCPs and apprentices under the National Apprenticeship Program (NAP) of the National Youth Authority (NYA). This event marked the official welcome of selected master craft persons and apprentices into the program. The National Apprenticeship Program is one of many initiatives launched by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Its aim is to equip young people with employable and entrepreneurial skills while also working to reduce unemployment in the country.
During the event, Mr. Adam Rashid, the Regional Director of the National Youth Authority, highlighted the significance of the initiative and emphasized that the program reflects the government’s deep commitment to sustainable employment through human capital development. The Savannah Region in the first batch of the program has employed about 124 master craft persons to train almost 210 apprentices, bringing the total to 334 young people by in the Region but carefully ensuring equitable distribution across the seven districts in the Region.
The Regional director of the National Apprenticeship Program (NAP) Bawa Mubarik urged participants to take the training program serious and embrace the vision of the president so that the program succeed, he also told participants to embrace the program, work hard to sustain it because they are the first batch and if they fail to deliver, the Program might collapse
