The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has sponsored selected artisans from some districts to take their National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examination across several parts of the Ashanti Region in its quest to support the youth to acquire certificates and startup tools.
GNPC Foundation boss keenly monitoring an Artisan during practical exams
The Executive Director of the Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, said the Skilled Artisan Project (SAP) was a livelihood empowerment programme designed and sponsored by the GNPC Foundation with its implementation done in partnership with the ASEDA Foundation to support young Ghanaians to attain artisanal/vocational skills in the various trade areas, such as plumbing, fashion design, carpentry, auto-mechanics, general electrical, hairdressing, interior designing decoration and aluminium fabrication.
He stated that, the beneficiary artisans, after going through their apprenticeship training, were being sponsored to sit for and acquire their National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) certification to boost their employment abilities and credibility as trained artisans.
He was of the view that the programme would ensure that each graduating artisan was provided with the requisite tools and equipment needed to start their own businesses in a bid to make them economically independent.
He indicated that, in the Ashanti Region, 505 artisans had taken their NVTI examination.
Dr. Eduah underscored that, GNPC aimed at impacting positively in the lives of Ghanaians, as they had done a lot in the formal sector, in terms of scholarships and buildings of school infrastructures, leaving the informal sector behind.
Some artisans at work
He noted that, the GNPC Foundation was now focusing on extending their efforts to the informal sector by moving them to the semi-formal sector.
The Executive Director said they would tackle a target of 2,200 from region to region, with 505 in the Ashanti Region alone, adding that, the process was that, they wanted to move the artisans from the informal to semi-formal sector, while teaching them soft skills training and how to keep their books and records.
He disclosed that those who would sail through and pass the examination would be given NVTI certificates, and supported with start-up tools and equipments to set up their own businesses.
He said in order to get the right people, the GNPC Foundation had partnered the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to target those who had completed their apprenticeship and had no certificates, and others who could not set up their own entrepreneurial businesses but had the technical know-how and the capacity to set up their own businesses.
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