JAPAN EMBASSY SUPPORTS DORMAA VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

Japan has committed $103,388 to support the construction of a female hostel for the Dormaa Vocational Training Centre(DVTC) in Accra.
The amount will also be used to provide other ancillary facilities in the Dormaa West municipality.
An agreement to pave the way for the release and disbursment of the funds was signed at a ceremony in Accra.
The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Keiichi Katakami signed on behalf of Japan while Mr Richard Addo-Gyamfi, the Centre Manager of DVTC, initialled for the centre.
Addressing the ceremony, Mr Katakami said the amount was provided by the Japanese Government under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Scheme (GGHSP).
He stated that girl-child empowerment had been a key to the holistic to national development and his country was proud to associate itself to such developments.
He added that the completion of the project would significantly increase female enrolment in the municipality.
He said that the recipient of the grant was mandatory to the judicious utilisation of the amount for the project.
The centre manager of DVTC, Mr Richard Addo-Gyamfi, who received the grant on behalf of DVTC, expressed profound gratitude to the Japan government for its approval of the project.
He, however, stated that a well-structured vocational training could equip the youth with employable skills.
He also expressed joy in the increased intake of girls for the centre, from in and outside the environs of Dormaa upon completion of the project.
The Dormaa West Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Vincent Oppong Asamoah, gave the assurance that the assembly would work to implement the project as designed.