Volunteerism is being promoted among the youth as a service to the nation through the National Youth Employment Programme, said Mr. Abubakar Boniface Saddique, Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment. He said the NYEP serves as a source of training for a future career. He said many graduates complained that they were unable to find jobs after graduation for lack of experience often demanded by potential employers. He noted: "One way of getting those experiences is to offer voluntary service in various fields." Mr. Saddique made the statement on the occasion of the Annual Strategic Review Workshop of the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Ghana, in Accra on Monday. VSO is an international development agency, which works through volunteers to tackle underdevelopment and poverty. It has been working in Ghana since 1958 and is currently working in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions and parts of the other regions in the areas of education, disability and secure livelihoods. Mr. Saddique asserted that volunteerism was an investment in personal development and that the long-term benefits were many. He stressed that human resource development and the development of the private sector as the engine of growth for the national economy and good governance were among the priorities identified by the government in the GPRS II document, adding, he was happy to learn that these were among the three key focused areas of VSOs work in Ghana. Source: GNA