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  The Social Enterprise Ghana organised a forum dubbed GHANA SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FORUM 2024 with the theme "DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR IMPACT: TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHANGE - MAKERS IN GHANA".  In an interview with Mr. Edwin Zu-Cudjoe, Executive Director for Social Enterprise Ghana said that, the forum was organised to bring along all diverse people and it's members on board.  He said that, this year's forum is looking at how to develop young people for vocational skills and to equip them with entrepreneurship skills that are relevant in today's current dispensation which is not only for employment but entrepreneurship and job creation. Mr. Zu-Cudjoe added that, they have received funding from MasterCard foundation to train about 80,000 young people across Ghana with vocational skills.  He added that, when you talk about vocational skills, a lot of young people think it's for people who have not completed school, they're dirty so it's quite difficult...

 WE DEMAND PEACE IN BAWKU- NDF The Northern Development Forum (NDF) is deeply troubled by the resurgence and intensifications of mindless violence and the resultant needless deaths of innocent citizens in Bawku. The peoples of Bawku and its environs have witnessed untold suffering in the last four (4) years. There are no signs that this carnage will end anytime soon because the acts of provocation and impunity appear to be intensifying by the day. We are much appalled that scarce resources have to be diverted from promoting livelihoods and development to the endless security and so-called mediation efforts. Citizens of Northern Ghana are completely dismayed and traumatised by the intensity of the recent clashes and call upon the government to exercise its authority to sanitise the Bawku area for peace to prevail. We are greatly concerned by the seeming absence of discernible government strategy and programme aimed at removing the agent provocateurs in the Bawku area. The NDF once a...