Stop the tea-drinking workshops - Otiko tells NGOs and CSOs

The Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba has advised Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations to concentrate on making real impact in the various communities where their work is much needed.

According to the Minister, Ghana has had enough of capacity building in the area of social protection and it is now time for more action to cause and deliver the necessary societal changes for better lives of the vulnerable and the marginalized in society.

She was addressing a gathering of CSOs and NGOs in the Volta Region during a familiarization tour of the region. 

"Stop the tea drinking workshops and thinking that someone has to solve your problem. The problems are in the communities. We do a lot of things in the nice conference rooms and we are talking about beneficiaries who are far away from the conference rooms," Otiko Afisa Djaba advised.

The Minister also called on the NGOs to focus on their various specialized areas in that, a lot is achieved within the shortest possible time.

"Have a map of all the areas. Know the baseline of the issues. Depending on your area of specialization, you go to that area and you know that these are the targets".

The tour offered the Minister opportunity to interact with various stakeholders related to her Ministry and also to have a first hand information on activities and programmes undertaken by agencies under her Ministry.

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