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The Deputy Minister of Education incharge of TVET who is also the Member of Parliament(MP) for Abuakwa North constituency, Gifty Twum Ampofo, has charged beneficiaries of a CIMAF sponsored Skills training program to make good use of the opportunity to enhance their skills with modern technology to boost their knowledge in the construction industry.

The Company in Partnership with the Institute of Research, Innovations and Development of the Kumasi Technical University is equipping 1,400 Artisans within the informal sector with knowledge and skills available under TVET formal skill acquisition program.

Speaking at the launch of the partnership programme between CIMAF and the Kumasi Technical University to train artisans and masons within the informal sector with mordern technology to enhance their skills, she reiterated government's committment to boost the informal sector.

With the government's quest to make TVET an engine of growth and also provide a great opportunity for the unemployed youth, she charged beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity and urge industries to emulate what CIMAF has done.

The Director of Sales and Marketing of CIMAF GHANA, Mr Joseph Kobina Aboo explaining the motive behind the initiative said, CIMAF Cement Ghana believes in quality and as such, put in every necessary effort to produce quality.

However, if the end users who are artisans, masons fail to apply the product well, its full benefit may not be achieved.

Dr. Smart Sarpong, Director of the Institute of Research, Innovations and Development of the Kumasi Technical University who are the facilitators of the training program called for more of such collaborations from other industries to add on to what CIMAF has started to help produce more skilled artisans for the informal sector.