A total of 2,441 youth have been registered with the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in the Agona District of the Central Region.
Mr Henry Appoh-Baiden, District Coordinator of the Programme, made this known when the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Ben Mensah, addressed 60 auxiliary nurses after they had received their monthly allowance at Agona Swedru.
He said, however, that out of 2,441 registered only 307 had been placed in the Community Police, Auxiliary Nurses, Teaching Assistant and other modules.
Mr Appoh-Baiden asked parents whose children had not been employed yet under the NYEP to exercise restrain, as there was a large backlog to be cleared.
The District Coordinator stated that some youth initially did not take the programme serious citing 2002 when many people registered but had no job came.
Mr Mensah urged the Auxiliary Nurses to reciprocate the government's gesture to them to work hard to help improve the health delivery system in the district.
He said the government introduced the NYEP to create jobs for the youth roaming the streets without work.
The DCE called on those engaged under the Teaching Assistant module to eschew apathy and laziness to contribute towards the raising of the standard of education in the area.
Mr Adofo Dwamena, Interim Chairman of Agona West Branch of the New Patriotic Party, said the government would continue to introduce policies and programmes to reduce poverty.
Source: GNA
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