Itinerant female load carriers (kayayei) will soon have a decent place to lay their heads as the government says it will start the construction of a 600-bed hostel for them in December this year.
Delivering the 2020 budget in Parliament on Wednesday, 13 November 2019, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said: “Mr Speaker, I am happy to announce that preparations are now complete and the construction of the first 600-bed kayayei hostel will commence in Agbogbloshie next month to provide accommodation and skills training to these vulnerable young women”.
Apart from that, he said the government has put in place other social interventions for such vulnerable groups.
“Mr Speaker, to address the exclusion of inner-city and Zongo communities, President Nana Akufo-Addo established a Ministry of Inner-City and Zongo Development as well as the Zongo Development Fund.
“Many projects and interventions have been made in over the last two years (some completed and others ongoing).
“The projects cover the provision of toilets, drains, Astro turfs and green parks, street lighting, Implementation of Zongo Coders project (software training), etc.”, the Minister noted.
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Unfortunate. Do we want them to continue this work.
Please this very very ***barred word*** Idea. Take them off the street by putting them in some trade. Are we happy watching them carrying these heavy loads?
Brilliant idea but school kids still lack desks & Korle by lack beds for some pregnant mothers.
if you do that you will get my vote for the next 10 elections. These ladies are also denizens of this country and are therefore entitled to some of the goodies, I've seen some people distributing head-pans amongst this fragile group. Meaning they are condemned to carrying other peoples' load for the rest of their lives God Please open the eyes of every Ghanaian so they will be able to discern which group of politicians mean well for them and which group will ask them to face their political opponents "boot for boot"whiles for their own children the only boot they know is the boot of their Mercedes Benz cars.
IF THIS IS TRUE, MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD GRANT KEN OFORI ATTA LONG LIFE AND WISDOM IN PERFORMING HIS DUTIES. AND MAY GOD GRANT HIM THE LONGEVITY IN HIS JOB.THE WICKED MAHAMA AND HIS EVIL BLOOD SUCKERS NDC TAXED THESE POOR VULNERABLE YOUNG MOTHERS FROM THE LITTLE THEY EARNED. MAY THE THE ALMIGHTY GOD DISSOLVE THE NDC PARTY INTO ASHES NEVER RISE AGAIN.
GOOD INITIATIVE