1300 Youth Graduate in ICT, Daily Graphic Pg 81 November 19, 2012

Thousand three hundred youth have graduated in Information Communication Technology (ICT) from the rlg Institute of Technology in the Greater Accra Region.
This brings to 24,000, the number of young people who have been trained under the module in the third contract between rlg Communications and the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) formerly known as the Ghana Youth Employment Programme.
The students went through six months programme with the trainees taken through courses such as mobile phones repairs, soft and hardware, introduction to computer, basic electronic and entrepreneurship skills.
At the graduation ceremony and the launch of the next phase of the Youth in ICT Module in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of the rlg Communications, Mr Roland Agambire said the objective of the company was to meet its target of creating jobs for one million people in Ghana within the next five years.
Thirty thousand people nationwide are expected to benefit from the next phase of the ICT module.
 Mr Agambire said the training would position the graduates to adequately face the challenging world driven by technology, innovation and knowledge. 
He urged the graduates  to impact their society with the knowledge they acquired to help reduce the unemployment situation in the country.
“To become successful entrepreneurs, you have to be disciplined, patient, honest, truthful, and hardworking and most importantly live by bigger dreams” he advised.
He added that the company had begun the process of expanding the training facilities to ensure that a lot more of the youth in the country gained access to ICT education and training.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo commended the rlg management for their immense help to address the unemployment situation in the country. 
He urged the graduates to contribute to the socio economic development of the nation with the knowledge and skills acquired. 
The Executive Director of GYEEDA, Mr Abuga Pele also said the trainees apart from the certificates would be given a set up kits as part of the business process.
He added that work stations commonly known as kiosk were available under a micro financing scheme for interested trainees.