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The Youth Employment Agency has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC to offer skills training for 200 young hospitality professionals under the Learning for Life program.

This initiative is to help create more jobs and help in doing business the right way amid commitment to championing diversity and to create an inclusive and thriving tourism industry.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy CEO of YEA, Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim indicated that Guinness Ghana as a private institution has impacted lives over the past 50 to 60 years, hence its Learning for Life program is an added advantage to their portfolio of the many things they have in stock for youth development.

According to him, the YEA has the mandate to facilitate and coordinate employment of the youth of the country, giving skills training, life changing opportunities and making the young person stay on the job for a long time.

This, he said, they have achieved as the YEA is partnering African Industrial Solution to train over 20000 young people in so many job areas.

“This is an area which is ongoing”, he said.

Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim also averred that the YEA has also partnered the National Insurance Commission (NIC) to assist young people by training over 6000 young people.

“The YEA through other agencies has trained over10,000 artisans. As we speak in the next two weeks, the Vice President will be announcing some skills training for Kayayes. Over 5000 kayayes will be trained in baking, pedicure and manicure among others. This is an initiative under the YEA job creation strategies”, he noted.

He lauded Guinness Ghana PLC for the Learning for Life program and believes that the 200 young people who would be trained would acquire skills that can build them for employment not only in Ghana but in any part of Africa.

Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim said the program is not tailored towards the Ghanaian market alone but skills that is global enabling the beneficiaries meet the standard and apply for job anywhere across the world.

He encouraged Guinness to roll out more training programs, assuring Guinness Ghana PLC of its readiness to partner them to implement the programs to change the lives of young people.