Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his family, on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, hosted over 1500 head porters, popularly called ‘Kayayei’ and street children at his residence in Accra to celebrate EID.
The joy on their faces was something to behold the ‘Kayayei’ who were drawn from the Kantamanto, Malata, CMB, Railway, Agbogbloshie and Kaneshie markets when they were served with hot meals and chilled drinks.
Vice President Bawumia used the occasion to advise them to eschew social vices despite their difficult circumstances. He announced that “Operation Off the Streets for Better Life” is in progress.
Dr. Bawumia said the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will continue to ensure that “Operation Off the Streets for Better Life” programme links persons on the street to technical and vocational institutions to skills for employment, job creation and also unrelentingly re-integrate the head porters into society.
He noted that government through the ministry of gender and social protection has started the Porterage Module which will also link women in rural communities to the government’s initiatives, intended target group, mapping of hotspot areas and identification of shelters across the regions, data collection, management and analysis, re-integration activities of children of school going age, skills training and sending persons with disability to rehabilitation centers.
Vice President Dr. Bawumia and his family over the years, hosted less privileged persons in society at his home on festive occasions, and this year’s Eid was no exception.
