The Rural Enterprise Programme (REP) has presented various tools valued at GH¢50,000 to 60 small-scale entrepreneurs in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality, to help develop that sector to grow the local economy.

The tools include welding machines, hairdressing equipment including hair dryers, barbering kit, electric sewing machines and vulcanizing machines.

The Deputy Minister of Trades and Industry, Dr. Joseph Samuel Annan, said the “Better Ghana Agenda”, which meant sustainable livelihood, was on course and that the Government would continue to assist the small scale sector until it was fully developed.

This he said was because the sector was mainly the engine of growth of every nation and must be supported to harness the potentials of individuals, to help generate more jobs for poverty reduction.

He said posterity would not forgive the present generation if it failed to provide meaning livelihoods for its people and called on the youth as well as the unemployed to avail themselves of such opportunities to learn trades.

Dr. Annan, who is also the Member of Parliament for KEEA, asked the beneficiaries to be more studious and to learn new methods of plying their various trades to keep them in business and also ensure that the tools were kept in good conditions to prolong their lifespan.

Mr. Charles Mensah, an official of the REP, said the Programme mainly supports people who have undergone training in the various trades but are unable to set up their own businesses to be established and urged the beneficiaries to ensure that the businesses were set-up in their areas.

This is because they are expected to train more people in their communities to help improve the economies and the living conditions of their people.

The Chief of Abrem-Agona , Nana Terpo V, praised the MP and the REP for the support and said it would help keep the youth in business and stop them from idling about.**