Tamale, Sept.7, GNA - Five Thousand youths have begin training in mobile phone repairs and assembling under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) throughout the country. The programme the second in the series, have already seen about 280 youth benefiting from the first phase, which is the pilot programme that Rogam Links Ghana (RLG) communication started last year, to offer the youth with communication skills to become self-employed.

RLG communication network aims at securing the future of the youth to enhance their talents in mobile phone repairs and assembling, as well as setting the pace in the training of mobile phone maintenance in the West African sub-region. The 280 youth who benefited from the pilot project, are now gainfully employed in the RLGC sales and service centres in all its operational areas in the country.

Mr. Roland Agambire, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RLG, communication implementers of the programme told the GNA in Tamale in an interview at the weekend that out of the 5,000 beneficiaries, 1,800 are from the three Northern Regions where poverty and unemployment were endemic. He said the youth would be trained on PC fundamentals, Anti-virus, Microsoft tools, the internet, mobile phone hardware and trouble shooting. The rest are frequent problems with phones, decoding, and unlocking, encoding and managerial skills.

Mr. Agambire said apart from the 5,000 youth that the NYEP are to sponsor, Rogam Links would also enrol some youth who would be made to pay a meagre amount to benefit from the training. He said after the training, the youth would be provided with umbrellas, table tops and other working tools from RLG communications as certified phone vendors who sell RLG communications products. He said if the youth are equipped with technology and communication skills, they would help in the nation's development.