Tamale, Aug. 29, GNA - Field officers of the Department of Cooperatives (DOC) under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations have been provided with laptops and other accessories to enhance their work at the department.
The initiative forms part of the Government of the Republic of Korea through its Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Capacity Development of Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs) and Farmer-Based Cooperatives Organizations (FBCs) funded project.
The project implemented in the three northern regions is aimed at improving the living standards of local residents through enhanced capacity building of FBC’s/FBO’s as well as strengthening the capacity of partner state institutions and agencies.
The project comprises six major components and these are: Cooperative Policy Advisory, Training of Trainers (TOT), Training of FBOs/FBCs leaders (TOL), Overseas Invitational Training in Korea, Networking and Marketing Support, as well as support for the Pilot Projects.
Alhaji Alhassan Issahaku, the Chief Director of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), who presented the items, urged the officers to use the laptops for its intended purpose.
He said the project has boosted the confidence level of more famers to join such cooperative organizations to serve as a medium to promote extension services as well as promote support to farmers to increase production.
He lauded KOICA and the Association of Church-based Development Program (ACDEP), a Tamale based NGO, the local implementing agency for the success of the project.
Madam Aliatu Wemah, Northern Regional Director of DOC, said field officers are quite challenged in data collection of FBO’s/FBC’s from the various communities as a result of inadequate number of computers available to them.
She said the provision of the laptops and other accessories to adequately resource and equip the department would aid the field officers to work extensively to provide the needed support to more FBO’s/FBC’s to ensure capacity building.
Mr Joseph Baagu Salaam, a field officer, expressed gratitude to KOICA for the support, which would enhance their work-output and appealed for more support from the DOC for means of transportation to the various communities.
GNA
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