The Ministry of Employment and Labour, Mr. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has cut the sod for the construction of a Public Employment Centre at the forecourt of the Education Service office in the Asutifi North District.
The construction of the office complex is going to ease the stress job applicants go through in search of vacancies.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. George Yaw Boakye, Ahafo Regional Minister, applauded President Akufo-Addo and Ignatius Baffour Awuah for bringing the project to the district, and the region as a whole.
“Since the creation of the region, the government has been supporting developmental projects in the region such as the Fire Service Training School, which is 80% completed, two of the Agenda 111 project in Asutifi North and Asunafo South, to be completed in December this year, and the Technical Vocational Training (TVET) in Asutifi North and Asunafo North,” the Minister said.
“We will talk to Newmont Company to bring their vacancies to the Public Employment Centre so that qualified candidates can access all information about employment vacancies,” the Minister added
The Ministry of Employment sourced $30 million from the World Bank for the construction of 16 Public Employment Centres across the country, according to Mr. Baffour Awuah.
“Now, the world is changing and most things are now electronic or digitalised, and so, we are creating the Ghana Labour Market Information System that is data based,” he said.
The Minister added that “the project will enable the unemployed and employers to put up their resume and vacancies respectively on the database.”
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asutifi North, Mr. Anthony Adjei Mensah, said the District was honoured to be hosting the Employment Center in the Ahafo Region.
The contractor for the project is Kpalua Company Limited which assured that the project would be completed on schedule.
