Youth group wants GYEEDA Bill passed
A group known as the Concerned Youth of Upper East Region has appealed to Parliament to, as a matter of urgency, speed up the passage of the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) Bill.
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The bill, the group noted, when passed, would help provide jobs under the various models for the teeming unemployed youth.
A spokesperson for the group, Mr Issa Mohammed told the press in Bolgatanga that “this programme is a critical intervention in harnessing the energies of the youth in contributing towards the sustainable development of the country”.
He stated that inasmuch as there were many challenges confronting the intervention, there was the need for Parliament to go ahead with the passage of the bill while the problems are addressed.
“As expectant youth, we were happy to learn about the restructuring of the programme and subsequently the proposed GYEEDA Bill that is before Parliament," Mr Mohammed noted.
He intimated that "the delay in the passage of the bill was frustrating and any further delay will in no small way lead to undesirable outcomes”.
According to the spokesperson, before the withholding of the programme, it contributed significantly to the development of many sectors, particularly the health and education sectors, where it helped to address challenges of personnel.
He, therefore, expressed the hope that the passage of the bill would help augment the staff of the health,education and other sectors.
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Meanwhile, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has stated that about 100,000 of the nation’s unemployed youth could be employed under the reviewed GYEEDA Programme.