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MCE rallies support for govt's Youstart programme

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Obuasi, Mr. Elijah Adansi-Bonah, has thrown his weight behind the ‘YouStart’ programme with a call on the general public to support the initiative.

Date Created : 6/8/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Susana Danso/Ghanadistricts.com

The ‘YouStart’ programme seeks to support young entrepreneurs to gain access to capital, training and technical skills to enable them to start, build and grow their own businesses.

The initiative targets young people and students between age 18 and 35 and have brilliant business ideas and viable businesses and support them to nurture, grow and expand their businesses and job creation opportunities.

Government through the YouStart programme intends to build an entrepreneurial nation by providing necessary support that makes entrepreneurship a success.

The programme also includes access to finance and markets, mentorship, strategic partnership and digital linkages, technical assistance and business advisory support service among others.

The MCE speaking at a community durbar organized by the Assembly at Nkamprom, a suburb of Obuasi said, the programme will provide a perfect opportunity to address youth unemployment and also unearth potentials in the youth to create jobs for themselves.

He said given the high rate of unemployment in the country, government had to be very innovative in order to address the challenge hence the introduction of the ‘YouStart’ programme.

Mr. Adansi-Bonah noted that currently there are 700,000 people on government payroll which has put a lot of burden on government finances.

"This has prompted Government to intervene to empower the youth to venture into business to also create jobs for others", he added.

He then promised to lead a campaign to encourage the youth to embrace the programme.

He also seized the opportunity to admonish Ghanaians to accept the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy), which he said, will provide financial support for the YouStart programme.