Former Libya Ambassador urges Ghanaians to stay home

A former Ambassador to Libya, George Kumi, has appealed to people seeking job opportunities in the North African country not to travel to that country.

He said the war-ravaged country is in serious economic downturn with many migrants, including some Ghanaians, seeking international assistance to return to home.

Mr Kumi, who served under the Kufuor Administration, told the GNA in an interview that though Ghana’s economic situation is bad, other developed countries are going through similar economic crunches and urged the teeming unemployed youth to stay at home and acquire skills.

He said technical and vocational education in the country is poor and appealed to the government and other stakeholders in education to make technical education a priority.

Mr Kumi, who was also a High Commissioner to Nigeria, said Ghana can produce the needed human resource base for accelerated national development if enough resources are channeled into technical and vocational institutions.

GNA