Youth urged to take advantage of RTF

Mr. Isaac Bainin, Manager of the Mankessim Rural Technology Facility (RTF) a component of Rural Enterprises Programme has appealed to the youth to take advantage of the facility to acquire skills.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Mankessim, Mr Bainin expressed regret at the low patronage of the RTF despite the fact that the facility had every equipment to transform the lives of the teeming unemployed youth for the better.

He said the RTF was equipped with fabrication and welding machines for making agro-processing tools such as cassava grater and oil-palm processing machines, as well as machining for making bolts and nuts.

The Manager said RTF had heavy and light reboring machines for relining of engine blocks.

He said the facility prepared students for the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examination.

Mr. Bainin said the facility was designed to develop the rural communities by offering them the opportunity to acquire technical training skills to facilitate accelerated growth.

He said RTF was prepared to collaborate with government agencies and non-governmental organisations to develop the rural areas.

“Currently RTF is moving towards establishing agro-based industries,” he said, and called for support to make their dreams a reality.

He appealed to parents to send their wards to the facility to enable them to acquire skills to make them self-supporting.

Mr. Bainin said they were determined to help the government to achieve its vision of making the private sector the engine of growth by training the youth to acquire skills to enter the private sector.