The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National and Entrepreneurial Innovation Programme Presidential (NEIP), Mr. Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, over the weekend had an engagement with over 500 teachers in the Asante Akyem Central Constituency in the Ashanti Region.
Mr. Ofosu Nkansah, since his tenure in office in 2022, has led the NEIP to undertake various initiatives that are aimed at providing integrated national support for startups and small businesses.
He also ensures that his outfit provides direct and indirect funding support to third party institutions, such as tech-hubs, incubators, accelerators, and other business development service providers, which provide business support for innovation-based start-ups.
His engagement with the teachers in Asante Akyem Central Constituency was intended to support their efforts and encourage excellent academic standards in the region where he was from by giving them scholarships and honours.
Addressing the gathering at the event, Mr. Ofosu Nkansah emphasised that since teachers were an integral element of economic advancement, it was necessary to provide them with the resources they required for success.
The NEIP CEO explained that the engagement with the stakeholders in the area would enable teachers to be highly motivated and conscientious, and contribute effectively to the Ministry of Education
Mr. Ofosu Nkansah indicated that the programme would enable them to further their education, reduce stress, and improve their mood, self-esteem and happiness.
He further explained that it would serve as a systematic and integrated policy initiative by the NEIP to empower and support teachers with many opportunities, adding that his outfit had provided integrated national support for teachers to enable them contribute significantly to economic growth.
He added that his outfit would continue to serve as a special-purpose vehicle for skills training, and the provision of scholarships and awards to beneficiaries. According to him, his outfit would continue to serve as a special-purpose vehicle for skills training, and the provision of scholarships and awards to beneficiaries.
He continued that he was focused on building an industry-driven economy capable of providing decent jobs that were suitable and sustainable for development to the constituents, where he wanted to become a future Member of Parliament to serve them.
Mr. Ofosu Nkansah affirmed that he was committed to backing teachers for their contributions towards the quality of school education and improving the lives of teachers.
The event was graced by Lectures from the University of Education, University of Cape Coast, Scholarship Secretariats, teachers and other relevant stakeholders, who came to share their knowledge to uplift the state of teachers in the Municipality.
