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Mr Koji Makino
Mr Koji Makino

Japan committs to assisting Ghanaians upgrade skills

The Country Director of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ghana, Mr Koji Makino, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to assist Ghana undertake various development activities, including education, infrastructure, agriculture, health, gender, trade and industry.

In a press statement signed and issued by the Senior Programme Officer and Advisor to the Country Director, Ms Rabi Ali Abaari, Mr Makino said the Government of Japan would continue to sponsor over 200 Ghanaians every year to read short courses in the various tertiary institutions in Japan, while some would be offered scholarships to do their master’s programmes, stressing that JICA would continue to assist the government and the people of Ghana to make education accessible for all. 

“Again this year, more staff of the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education will have the opportunity to upgrade their skills in Japan,” he added.

Human resource development

The country director contended that human resource development was very important in the development of every nation, hence JICA’s commitment to focus on that sector, pointing out that “Japan believes in equipping the human resource capacity of Ghanaians to enhance the rapid growth of the country.”

JICA is an incorporated administrative agency that aims at contributing to the promotion of international cooperation, as well as the sound development of Japanese and global economy by supporting the socio-economic development, recovery or economic stability of developing regions.

Since the Government of Ghana was putting a lot of emphasis on agriculture, Mr Makino said, JICA would continue to help strengthen the capacity of the agribusiness sector of the country. 

JICA programmes 

Mr Makino, who has been in the country for the past three-and-a-half years, and also oversees activities of JICA offices in Liberia and Sierra Leone, said he was happy to see that Ghanaians who had undertaken various graduate programmes in Japan were working in various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and occupying higher positions and contributing to the development of Ghana. 

He said his government would continue to support Ghana in various developments to improve the living standards of the people, citing the improvement of the Tema Roundabout, power supply to the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra and building of a bridge across the Volta River and Eastern Corridor project as some of the Japanese government’s support to the people of Ghana.

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