Stakeholders within the maritime space are being urged to sustain the competiveness of the sector to ensure that the teeming youth on the African Continent find ready jobs in the industry.
This according to the Registrar of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Dr. Baboucarr Njie is part of efforts to accelerate the growth of the continent.
The Registrar of the Regional Maritime University (RMU), Dr. Baboucarr Njie, indicated that the issue of graduate unemployment which robs nations of the potentials of its youth could become a thing of the past, if the youth focused attention on maritime related training.
He explained that sea transport remained one of the cheapest means of transferring commodities from one country to the other with vessels, offering a lot of job opportunities to qualified person to get on board.
Dr. Baboucarr Njie believes there are available jobs within the maritime sector and young people who studied maritime related courses and training would be guaranteed immediate employment.
“The youth must focus on maritime related courses and training to get into the maritime sector as it provides ready jobs after graduation,” he said.
He said that: Though, other courses could be essential and provide solutions to some developmental challenges, the maritime sector had become very attractive, required a lot of personnel to drive the sector and Ghanaian youth must take advantage of the opportunities.
“RMU, the premium maritime education institution in the sub-region, had positioned itself to provide the needed support for the youth to acquire the needed skills and be gainfully employed after graduation,” he added.
“Government and stakeholders should concentrate more on the maritime education as a lot could be done especially with employment of the youth and subsequently providing solutions to the current economic challenges,” he stated.
