THE National Youth Council (NYC) in collaboration with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has launched a programme to empower the youth to be actively involved in governance.
The programme offers the opportunity to tap into the rich experience of the youth, record such experiences and factor them into the development plans and programmes of specific communities, districts and municipalities.
It further offers them the chance to accept divergent views and to be tolerant and at the same time learn the assembly procedures.
The concept also intends to train the youth to be independent people with choice and character to become leaders in the future.
Furthermore, the programme is to help them to learn the skill of arguing healthily in a fluid manner without any acrimony or violence.
The programme was launched at a forum during which a selected team from the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality held a mock assembly to highlight some of the challenges such as HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy, truancy, health and education issues.
The Metropolitan Youth Co-ordinator, Mr Henry K. Adu, who launched the programme, said since its introduction, it had been observed that the youth had a lot of ideas.
Mr Adu said what they lacked was effective ways of presenting them to attract the attention of authorities.
He expressed the hope that the programme would be sustained to accelerate economic development which until now had proved to be a mirage.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment