Accra, Ghana -
The Ghanaian media this week highlighted the four-day visit of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Nguema Mbasogo, which ended on Friday, and government's creation of 10,000 new jobs.
At the end of President Nguema's visit, the two countries signed seven bilateral agreements aimed at boosting trade and investment between them.
The agreements were for cooperation in hydrocarbons and energy; education; maritime transport; fishing; labour and social security; promotion of women and gender equity and tourism development.
'Mills, Nguema discuss oil gas business,' was the headline of one of the stories in the state-owned Daily Graphic.
It said issues on Ghana's emerging oil and gas industry dominated bilateral talks between President John Evans Atta Mills and President Nguema.
The story of the Ghanaian Times on the creation of 10,000 jobs for the youth had the headline, 'NYEP Road module begins - 10,00 youth to be employed.'
It said the newest module under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), the Intensive Road Maintenance Works, was launched in Accra with an initial target of providing jobs for 10,000 unemployed youths across the country.
The newspaper said the innovative initiative was aimed at helping to address the challenge of job creation and poor maintenance, as thousands of young people would be equipped to undertake regular maintenance works to ensure that the nation's roads were in good condition.
It added that the launch paved way for the beginning of large scale recruitment and training under the programme, which the NYEP was undertaking in collaboration with the Ministries of Roads and Highways, Local Government and Rural Development and a number of private sector organisations.
The Graphic's story on the subject had the headline, '10,000 jobs for the youth under new module of NYEP.'
The Ghanaian Times also highlighted a story that said the era when children studied under trees, with some lying prostrate on their stomachs to write, would soon be a thing of the past.
Under the headline, 'Schools under tree funded', the newspaper said the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) had allocated money from its budget for 2010/2011 to deal with the phenomenon, with disbursement starting early next academic year.
Stephen Badoe, Public Relations Manager of GETfund, said the problem had for a long time engaged the attention of the board and management of the Fund, which was determined to deal with the situation once and for all.
The newspapers also found space for Friday's celebration of Eid-El-Fitr that marked the end of the fasting of Muslims during the month of Ramadan.
'Prez solicits Muslims' support in national development efforts,' was the headline in the Ghanaian Times.
'Watch your words, Prez tells religious leaders,' was the headline of the Daily Graphic on the celebrations.
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