Former President John Dramani Mahama has disputed claims by some political communicators that he funded the fix the country demonstration, saying “I did not give anybody even GH¢1”.
According to him, Fix the country demonstration is not a problem of only the New Patriotic Party (NPP) but the entire country because the youth are expressing their disappointment in our collective leadership.
Addressing traditional authorities in the Upper East Region the former President said as, for him, he takes the actions of the youth regarding the need to fix the country seriously because “those young people are our children and called on President Akufo-Addo and his administration to hold a National Strategic Meeting on how best to create jobs on a sustainable basis because “no one party has the answer to the problem”.
He, “As the dominant opposition party, the NDC is ready to play its role to hold government accountable and to collaborate with the government when they are doing the right thing so that life would be better for our people”.
Mr. Mahama observed that there is growing insecurity in the country due to the lack of jobs among the youth.
He was of the view that unemployment among the youth is a security concern because many of the perpetrators of armed robberies are the youth of the country.
“In the night you must not risk traveling on our highways because your chances of running into a highway robbery are very high”, the former President noted.
He said while it is true that the unemployment situation is a global phenomenon, he said it is particularly a problem in Africa where millions graduate from universities and tertiary institutions yet only a few get jobs with millions left with no means of livelihood.
The former President observed that such a situation is beginning to show and in neighboring Nigeria, some of the youth go on the rampage against those who they think are living in affluence.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
