Zoil Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, will be providing employment to a total of 2, 714 youths from the nine districts of the Upper West Region.
This youth population would be engaged in the new National Forest Plantation Development Programme and working in collaboration with the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).
From News.peacefmonline.com:
Briefing the Ghana News Agency in Wa, on Tuesday, Mr. Yakubu Yahaya, Acting Assistant Regional Operations Supervisor of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, said the programme was aimed at developing a sustainable resource base that would satisfy the future demand for industrial timber and enhance environmental quality.
This, he noted, would not only relieve the pressure on natural forests but also restore the degraded forest cover of the country, thereby, enhancing the greening Ghana concept.
Mr. Yahaya added that the programme would also reduce the wood deficit situation in the country.
“A target of about 2,714 hectares is to be planted and managed by the youth with each employee responsible for one hectare of land,” he stressed.
Yakubu Yahaya called on opinion leaders and chiefs of different communities for advising their people to desist from indiscriminate felling of trees and bush burning.
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