The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has introduced a new module, Business and Employment Assistance Programme (BEAP) in Kumasi.
It follows the launching of the module on Monday, December 11, 2023 in Sunyani in the Bono Region, after it obtained Executive Approval from the Presidency and the Ministry of Finance to release funds to finance the programme.
The module, to be funded from the Communication Service Tax, popularly known as the Talk Tax, is meant to create more jobs.
The introduction of the BEAP module in the Ashanti region coincides with the review of the progress of the agency the past year.
Introducing the module in Kumasi, on Wednesday, this week, Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong, Chief Executive Officer of YEA, said his outfit would provide salary support for new employees recruited by small businesses and medium scale enterprises duly registered as a Ghanaian company.
According to him, 500 companies have applied to be part of the module and emphasized that as part of traditional modules Business and Employment Assistance, the programme is “timeless” and with no time bound.
Mr. Baah Agyepong said YEA, which is currently the leader in job creation in Ghana, has employed 15,000 Community Police Assistants; 6,000 Health Assistants; 1,500 Prison Assistants and 4,000 personnel under the Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.
He said the YEA has also employed 45,000 personnel under the Sanitation Programme, in conjunction with Zoomlion Ghana Limited; 2, 000 under the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, with personnel earning GHC 500.00 per month, within a year (2022/2023).
He stated that Ashanti Region benefits more from these employments than any other region stating that out of the lot, Ashanti region has 2,782 of the 15,000 Community Police Assistants; 1,481 of 6,000 Health Assistants, 157 of 1,500 Prison Assistants and 7,274 of 45,000 Sanitation Programme.
Mr. Agyepong recounted the launch of “YOUTH IN GARMENT AND TEXTILES” Module in Kumasi, in August, last year, with the sole aim of “bridging the skill gaps and creating sustainable employment opportunities for young people interested in tailoring or dressmaking and ultimately contributing towards the growth and development”.
Also, at the Kumasi meeting, were Mr. Christopher Arthur, Director Technical Service, Mr. Seth Twumasi, YEA Ashanti Regional Director, Mr. Emmanuel K. Afriyie, Director Corporate Affairs, Agya Y.N. Agyemang and Ms. Mary Nsiah, Director of Administration.
