Salamu Amadu, others celebrate youth at 2020 International Youth Day in Accra

&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng">Salamu Amadu<&sol;a>&comma; the Group Chairman of the Afro-Arab Group joined other renowned personalities in the education&comma; business and the financial sectors to celebrate the 2020 International World Youth Day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The 2020 celebration which held at GNAT hall&comma; Accra &nbsp&semi;was themed &&num;8220&semi;Corporate Support For Educational Initiatives In The Covid-19 Environment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Information reveals that the 2020 theme complies with Sustainable Development Goals&comma; SDG in the area of&nbsp&semi; quality education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the forum<strong>&comma; Alhaji Salamu<&sol;strong> commended the organizers of the programme and highlighted the&nbsp&semi; Corporate Social Responsibilities Afro Arab Group had and is embarking on in the education sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Afro-Arab Group provided 10&comma;000 exercise books to support the National Chief Imam during his centenary birthday celebrations&period; It &nbsp&semi;was at that time the national Chief Imam&comma; Sheikh Dr&period; Osman Nuhu Sharubutu&comma; made an appeal that he would be excited if he gets a camel to slaughter for the Eid-al-adha celebrations and we provided him a camel&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Alhaji Salamu said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He disclosed further &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are among the first 10 corporate institutions in Ghana to make donations and also educate our people in the deprived communities&period; Accra Girls Senior High School was a beneficiary of our Vivid Relief Programme&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;ng">Alhaji Salamu Amadu<&sol;a> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When &nbsp&semi;coronavirus spread was detected amongst students who were preparing for their final Exams&comma; Afro Arab Group donated face masks and hand sanitizers to the school many youth groups and institution”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He added &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Afro-Arab Group through one of it&&num;8217&semi;s subsidiaries Yaa-Salaam Opportunity Centre has awarded full scholarships to over twenty youth to study abroad and some youths in the zongo communities through the Afro-Arab Microfinance&comma; as well as to support their businesses&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The organisers of the programme&comma; ABCDE&comma; commended Alhaji Salamu Amadu for his leadership skills to ensure poverty becomes a thing of the past in the Zongo communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Renowned Educationist and Former Minister of Trade and Industry Dr&period; Ekow Spio-Garbah urged the Afro-Arab Group boss to continue to offer his support to the educational sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Ghana national programme officer Education&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng">UNESCO<&sol;a>&comma; Mr&period; Prosper Kwasi Nyavor graced the programme as a special guest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Apart from Alhaji Salamu Amadu being one of the speakers&comma; Mrs&period; Shirley Tony Kum&comma; Corporate Communications Manager&comma;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;ng">Vivo Energy Ghana<&sol;a>&comma; Mr&period; Mukesh Thakwani&comma; Chairman the B5 plus Steel Industry&comma; Mr&period; Togbor Mensah&comma; Chairman Great Argon Holdings and Rashida Saani Nasamu&comma; CEO of I-Zar Group also highlighted some of the CSRs their companies have embarked in the education sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;