The Member of Parliament, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has brought smiles and fulfilments to artisans in her municipality when she honoured her promise to support these artisans in their quest to seek self-employment under the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP).
The MP presented seventy artisans under the NAP with sewing machines, hair dryers, barbering clippers and other working tools.
Hon. Dorcas Affo-Toffey presenting barbering clippers to beneficiary
The artisans, who were drawn from the entire Jomoro Municipality, were dressmakers and seamstresses/tailors, hairdressers and barbers.
Twenty-five hairdressers, who have finished their NAP, and those who are still learning under the NAP but can work in addition to the NAP, will receive a hairdryer each; twenty barbers will also receive hair clippers each, while twenty-five dressmakers and seamstresses will also receive a sewing machine each.
This initiative is a self-funded one by the MP to support her constituents in diverse ways and to fulfil the promise of supporting whoever is willing to do something for themselves.
Madam Affo-Toffey, who is also the Deputy Transport Minister, said, “Today [May 25, 2026] I am donating these sewing machines, hair dryers, clippers, and other working tools to artisans across the Jomoro Municipality under the National Apprenticeship Programme.”
She said, “This long-awaited intervention brings hope and opportunity to many young artisans and apprentices, reaffirming the government’s commitment to skills development, youth empowerment, and self-employment.”
“By equipping beneficiaries with the necessary tools to work and earn a living, the initiative will promote job creation, strengthen local enterprise, and contribute meaningfully to the economic growth of Jomoro and Ghana at large,” the deputy minister added.
By 1960news.com
