NPP urges youth to become agents of change
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the youth to take their destiny into their own hands by becoming agents of change to transform the current status quo.
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According to the party, the current status quo militates against their self-advancement.
In a statement signed by Mr Samuel Awuku, aka Sammy Awuku, the National Youth Organiser of the NPP, to celebrate International Youth Day, which fell yesterday, the NPP stated that the strength and future prospects of every nation rested on her youthful population, which mostly forms the largest part of the workforce.
“It is in the light of this that governments must consciously strive to ensure that the overall development and well-being of the Ghanaian youth is of utmost priority since our development as a nation is inextricably tied to that of the youth,” it stated.
However, the NPP pointed out, “As we mark World Youth Day on this day, it is regrettable to state that the noble dreams of many young men and women, which flourished under the NPP government, have all of a sudden become nightmares under the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government.”
Presently, according to the NPP, the issue of unemployment has assumed legendary dimensions; yet, the government displays nothing but wanton cluelessness and ineptitude rather than effectively dealing with this national crisis with the necessary finesse.
Consequently, it stressed that the whole concept of youth empowerment had become a mirage, leaving the youth of the country in a rather sorry state.
“Thus, while, for example, the NPP government, under the distinguished leadership of John Agyekum Kufuor, bequeathed to Ghana a thriving national youth employment programme which provided job opportunities to the youth, the NDC will, for the very first time in the history of our country, be bequeathing to Ghanaians the Unemployed Graduates Association of Ghana (UGAG) with branches across the country,” it stated.
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It also quizzed, “If our highly skilled graduates cannot find jobs to do, then what becomes of the ‘less educated’ in our society?
“While the NDC government has woefully failed in this venture, it is unfortunate to state that the complementary role played by the private sector has also been gravely affected by the longest haul of ‘dumsor’ ever to be witnessed in the history of Ghana.
“Consequently, businesses have over the past few years been hit by a rather high cost of production with the resultant effect of unprecedented job cuts.”
The education sector, according to the NPP, had not been spared either as performances of students continued to dip in the wake of the government’s blatant refusal to provide essential teaching and learning materials and the unending dreaded ‘dumsor,’ which has brought so much hardship to the Ghanaian student.
“Today, through no fault of theirs, our students are forced to assemble around candles and lanterns with all the potential risk just to prepare for exams. Thus, although undesirable, we are not surprised at the recently released results of the West African Examination Council,” it added.