Story by, Agyei Dankwah
The Ghanaian and Japanese governments have reached of an agreement with the to train some 50,000 Ghanaian youth in the automobile sector.
The Japan-Ghana Automotive Engineering and Cultural Exchange Program is expected to offer technical knowledge on vehicle assembling and other engineering skills.
Mrs Lily Djima, the deputy director general management services,GTVET told Pink News that the partnership will offer greater opportunities for the trainees.
According to her, the benefits include a travel opportunity to travel to work in Japan after receiving the training since the training will be conducted in both the English and Japanese languages.
She also stressed need the for Ghana to strategically position itself in the right direction in the automobile ecosystem considering how evolving the world has become.
Japan Ambassador to Ghana,Mr MOCHIZUKI Hisanobu said the Japanese government happy to contribute to the development and progress of Ghana society in the area of automobile.
To him,Japan has a comparative advantage of automotive industries, and this program is encompassing the Japanese technology and Japanese education in the field of culture exchange can an be helpful to the country.
He added that Ghana as rising star in on the African Continent needs such exchange program to overcome a lot of challenges such as economy and human capital development.
On his part, Vice president of the Japan-Ghana Automotive Engineering and Cultural Exchange Program,Dr. Paul Amaning hinted that the program aims at training 5000 Ghanaian every year for the next 10 years.
To him,the exchange program is in line with government vision to make Technical, Vocational and Skill Training(TVET) in enhancing economic productivity.
He added that government of Ghana stands in a better position to benefit immensely for the program, adding that government needs to do anything humanlly possible to sustain the Program.