Government On Course To Transform Zongos

Government has rolled out a number of initiatives to enhance the development of Zongo communities in the country.

The Zongo communities are to undergo massive transformations under the government’s Zongo Empowerment Entrepreneur Development project.

The project, which is part of the government’s Better Ghana Agenda, was launched in September last year to cater for in dwellers in Zongo areas in the nation.

The Coordinator of the Zongo Empowerment Entrepreneur Development (ZEED) module, Mohammed Nurudeen, in an interview on Radio Gold explained the importance of the initiative, stating that the module will help eradicate the unemployment challenges confronting Zongo communities.

The module is specifically designed as a result of government’s commitment to address the problems residents at Zongos face.

Mr. Nurudeen assured the residents the programme will bring relief to several homes in the communities and alleviate poverty to ensure that the inhabitants gain meaningful employment.

The beneficiaries of the programme will be assisted financially and equipped with the necessary resources to help the underprivileged in the societies gain some vocational skills in order to better their living conditions.

He explained that the module is intended to impact lives and for that matter, government has set up a fund to make it affordable for the beneficiaries in 240 Zongo communities to fully study a trade under the module.

Explaining the purport of ZEED, Mr. Nurudeen noted that a number of offices have been “centralised within the Zongo Communities within where anybody can walk in at anytime to tell us what they want to learn...We are here to be able to engage people in things they want to do. You can walk in here and tell us; this is what you want to do. So long as the vocation is something that you can learn, ours is to be able to look for master trainers, put it in, pay for your admission fee and give you all the necessary gadgets and equipment you need to undergo your training.”

“Basically, what this programme is set to do is to engage people with little or no formal education into vocational skills training; something that can really give them something to make of their lives.” he added.


Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana