Sekondi: The first batch of 51 students at the Wesleyan Entrepreneurship Training School, Sekondi Campus, have graduated after completing a comprehensive program in entrepreneurial development.
According to Ghana News Agency, these students have undergone rigorous training in both theoretical and practical aspects across various fields.
The graduates completed courses in areas such as fish farming, poultry, bead making, fashion design, stationery and general goods, carpentry, transport business, and crop farming. Additional disciplines included barbering, piggery and feed production, palm oil business, tomato powder production, graphic designing, photography, catfish production, and fabrication, among others.
Miss Susana Serwah Boateng was recognized as the overall best student for her excellence in cosmetics, hair care products, and feeding custard oil. The graduates were honored with awards, certificates of completion, and a collective sum of GHc40,000.00 from the Methodist Church Ghana, acknowledging their dedication and effort in acquiring employable skills.
The Most Reverend Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, emphasized the Church’s vision of fostering a new generation of innovative entrepreneurs to combat unemployment and drive economic growth. He praised the Sekondi Diocese for its pioneering efforts and announced plans to replicate the Entrepreneurship Training School in every diocese across the country.
The Church’s Social Services arm was encouraged to organize refresher courses for the graduates, and they were advised to form cooperatives to gain financial support from the Church as start-ups. Additionally, Very Rev. Isaac Kwame Ghartey, Superintendent Minister of the Anaji Estate Circuit of the Methodist Church, applauded the Diocesan Bishop of Sekondi, Right Rev. Emmanuel Kwesi Ansah, for advocating the establishment of the Entrepreneurial Training School.
Rev. Ghartey highlighted the Church’s commitment to supporting the physical and economic well-being of its members, noting that entrepreneurial training had become a regular practice within the Circuit, with 30 people trained in recent years. He stressed the importance of entrepreneurship in Ghana’s economy and the role of the Church in nurturing a vibrant business community.
Dr Justice Amoh, CEO of JUSTMOH Construction Limited, who chaired the occasion, urged graduates to become agents of transformation by fostering innovative entrepreneurship rooted in discipline for sustainable growth. He also made a monetary donation to the church as his contribution to the training program.
Miss Susana Serwah Boateng, speaking on behalf of her fellow graduates, expressed gratitude to the Church for instilling an entrepreneurial mindset that would enable them to create employment opportunities for themselves and others in their communities.