Following the untimely exit of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority, Mr. Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri and his two deputies, Mr. Bright Acheampong and Mr. Obeng Richard, the District Director for Asuogyaman NYA has described the news, as a big blow that the authority should be worried about.
The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, last Friday ordered Mr. Asigri to step aside over a petition brought before her against the CEO for engaging in questionable procurement practices.
The Public Procurement Authority has reportedly being asked to investigate the allegations against Asigri.
The president Akufo-Addo has sacked the 3 top NYA officers in a letter dated 3rd September, 2019 over procurement breaches.
“I regret to inform you that the President of the Republic has terminated your appointment,” the sports minister Isaac Asiamah who has oversight responsibility on the Authority said in their termination letters.
Miss Luyusa Akilu Mohammed who was monitoring the 2019 volunteers’ camp activities in her district expressed worry over the unexpected news at South Senchi basic school when speaking to Rite News on Thursday.
Volunteerism is a patriotic behavioral act that every society cherish. In the UK, “Volunteering for All” to celebrate the fact that volunteers can come from all communities and all walks of life, carrying out a diverse range of roles.
This can also help organisations think about how they can successfully open up volunteering opportunities to all and increase diversity in their volunteer base and trustees.
In Ghana, especially in the era where education is paramount to the country, the theme for this year’s celebration is “Quality Education, the Role of the Youth”.
The National Youth Authority in the Asuogyaman district as part of this year’s celebration has organized a two weeks -vacation classes for over 150 basic school pupils in the district.
Clustered into four centers, Nuriyah Islamic, South Senchi LA, Lisa Darwood JHSs and Dam City College – a private second cycle institution which has catered for SHS participants. The exercise shall observe its closing ceremony on Saturday 7th September, 2019 with special test competition to reward the first two top scorers from each center.
According to the program director as well as the District director for the NYA, Ms Luyusa Akilu, learning materials such as exercise books, pens/pencils, mathematical sets, notebooks among others shall be the prizes for best performing pupils.
Some participating pupils who spoke to Rite News said, they were happy for the vacation classes because had it not been that, they would have been home watching television or working in their parent coconut farm. To some, the exercise has offered them a better understanding of topics that they didn’t understood when they were taught in regular class.
The subject considered for the volunteers vacation classes include Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, English Language, Ghganaian Language, Arabic and Information Communication Technology.
Trained teachers from various registered youth groups in the district offered their services for the two weeks free exercise.
Source: ritefmonline.org
