The Tamale Technical University has graduated a total of 184 people in the Upper West region who went through a week of training in hospitality and tourism management.
The training was under the government's Ghana Cares Obatampa programme to counter the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on businesses in the country.
The people graduated with certificates in Front Office Operations (Front Desk service), Events Management, and Food Processing and Preparation.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony in Wa, Dr. Michael Brigandi, the Chairman of the Project Implementation Committee at the Tamale Technical University, said the government introduced measures to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of them is the Ghana Care programme.
“You are here today to be given certificates for the hard training that you had to go through a couple of weeks ago. Indeed, as an institution Tamale Technical University is one of the leading technical universities that is well-versed in the training of the youth in terms of acquisition of skills”, Dr Brigandi added.
He commended the government for being sensitive to the plight of “our youth in terms of their businesses because of the effects of Covid”.
Dr. Brigandi, who also represented the Vice Chancellor of the University, expressed hope that the graduates would implement the skills they have acquired.
The Personal Assistant to the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Abdul-Rahaman Mei-goro, who represented the minister at the programme, said the training is an indication of the President’s resilience in revitalizing businesses in the country.
He added that the graduates are living witnesses of the revitalization and alleviation of poverty in the country by the government.
Mss UmuSalwa Mu-awia, a graduate, in her graduating speech, thanked the government for the training.
She mentioned that they “have been provided with not just education but a beacon of hope, a chance to rebuild and an opportunity to thrive once more in the vibrant field of hospitality and tourism”.