The CEO of ArcelorMittal Liberia, Jozephus Coenen, says the corporate acknowledges the funding within the human capital of Liberians as basic for the success of its operations within the nation.
CEO Coenen nevertheless on the identical time urged younger Liberians to prioritize training and purchase expertise that may place them on the forefront because the nation strikes ahead with its growth agenda.
Delivering the keynote tackle on the Grand Bassa University Students Assembly just lately, on the subject: “Youth Education as a Solid Solution to Ending Poverty and Economic Misery in Liberia,” Coenen maintained the youth are the imaginative and prescient bearers of the nation’s transformation.
According to him, there may be an pressing want for teens of the general public to make use of training as top-of-the-line assurances to deal with the scourge of poverty and financial distress within the nation, and said that it’s in opposition to stated backdrop that his firm has prioritized youth capability and profession growth.
“Educational attainment creates access to better wages and salaries and even better opportunities to advance yourself further. Quality education will take you places, improve the quality of your social and professional network, and open new doors for you,” he stated.
The ArcelorMittal Liberia CEO additional famous that from offering international scholarships to younger Liberian school graduates to creating internship alternatives, trip jobs, and vocational and technical expertise, ArcelorMittal Liberia is main the way in which in human capital growth in Liberia.
Coenen additionally introduced that up to now, ArcelorMittal’s Advanced Academic Scholarship program has paid for and supported greater than 50 Liberian college students to check in numerous universities all over the world, purchase superior levels, and return to affix the nation’s skilled workforce.
“Each year, our Young Professional Program (YPP) offers life-changing career development opportunities to young college graduates through an intensive internship program,” he added.
Coenen additional talked about the massive funding of seven million US {dollars} by ArcelorMittal Liberia within the institution of the state-of-the-art Vocational Training Center in Yekepa, now often known as the AML Training Academy (AMLTA) which has already graduated its second batch of scholars.
All graduates of AMLTA have been given an opportunity to affix the corporate’s workforce, a daring motion, and a significant enhance to closing the hole in youth training and employment in Liberia.
The ArcelorMittal Liberia CEO assured of the corporate’s partnership with the federal government of Liberia to coach and practice younger individuals who proceed to show immense abilities and creativity in several spheres, however most particularly within the technical and vocational fields.
The College offered Mr. Coenen with certificates of honor recognizing the administration of ArcelorMittal Liberia for his or her contribution to training, coaching, and growth in Liberia.
Meanwhile, the chairman of Grand Bassa University’s Board of Trustees, and Advisor to the President of Liberia, Dr. Lawrence Ok. Bropleh, has hailed the AML CEO for his people-centered management and the corporate’s steady partnership for sustainable progress and growth in Liberia, particularly as seen and felt by the folks of Grand Bassa.
Grand Bassa Superintendent Janjay Baikpeh additionally praised AML and CEO Coenen for the numerous scholarship and coaching alternatives offered to youths in Grand Bassa and additional appealed for the institution of a TVET heart on the Grand Bassa University, just like the ArcelorMittal Liberia Training Academy in Yekepa.
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