.......with special emphasis on youth development
The Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi, Honorable Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi joined hundreds of school children, members of the Security services, Chiefs, members of the clergy, Assembly members and the media to celebrate Ghana’s 59th Independence Day in Obuasi.
The well attended Independence Day celebration witnessed a total of forty(40) schools made up of fifteen(15) Junior High Schools, fifteen (15) Primary schools, Seven(7) Senior High Schools and three(3) Cadet corps engaged in a march past competition to commemorate the national milestone.
Taking the national salute on behalf of the President, Honorable Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi commended the efforts of past Presidents and national heroes who have toiled to bring the country to its present state and said “The nation forever remains thankful to them for their sacrifices”.
Touching on the theme for the celebration, “INVESTING IN THE YOUTH FOR GHANA’S TRANSFORMATION”, the Obuasi MCE said, Government under His Excellency John Dramani Mahama’s ultimate goal is to provide the enabling environment that will propel our young men and women to become champions of industry ,commerce, technology and rule of law translating into good governance.
To buttress his point, Honorable Ofori Agyeman Boadi said “Government has come up with interventions such as the Graduate Business Support Scheme under the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations which has taken care of 2000 young Ghanaians, the Department of Cooperatives registered a total of 1,757 youth cooperatives in all the 10 regions with a total of 34,657 jobs created with some of the beneficiaries resident in Obuasi.
He mentioned projects undertaken by the Obuasi Municipal Assembly such as the Baakoyeden Industrial Village, the soon-to be developed Obuasi Wood village, the much anticipated GRATIS International initiated Informal Senior High School and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Obuasi campus as among projects which will transform the youth and serve as a catalyst to diversify the economy of the Municipality.
About the current troubling HIV prevalence rate in the municipality, Hon. Ofori Agyeman Boadi said, whiles the Municipal Assembly is working its socks off to scale down the prevalence, it is incumbent on the youth to change their negative lifestyles and take their school and training very serious.
At the end of the celebrations, Kwabena Ofori M/A Primary, Saint Thomas Junior High School and ARTIC Senior High School emerged winners of the march past in the Primary, Junior High School and Senior High School categories respectively.
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