International Youth Day celebration is held every 12th August globally as designated by the United Nations.
International Youth Day gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement.
It also serves as an opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges and problems facing the world’s youth.
2022 Edition
The theme for this year’s celebration is “Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages” is the theme for International Youth Day 2022.
In line with the day, the Organized Youths of Effutu has also added its voice by sending messages of hope to Ghanaian youth and their future development.
Government Intervention and programmes
The Convener for the group, Nana Ato Takyi Ellis Otabil is enthused that most youths have been included in national policies and programmes to make them relevant in our nation’s development.
He indicated that most youths in Ghana have benefited from many interventions and policies by the Akufo-Addo-led government and that shows there is much commitment on the part of policymakers.
“Advocacy for the youth has been made possible with the introduction of the Free SHS policy which gives opportunity to young BECE graduates to free secondary education no matter their financial status. You also look at the health sector where most youth are given allowances and the needed equipment to boost their morale for education” he stressed.
“Again, youth unemployment is also been dealt with the shameful Graduates Youth Association that persist in the erstwhile Mahama-NDC administration. Most youths benefited from the NABCO programme which saw over 100,000 graduates securing temporal jobs” Nana Ato Takyi Ellis Otabil stated.
Resolution
“We the Organized Youths of Effutu will urge the youth to make themselves available in decision making and take up responsibilities to boost them for the future. Our message to the youth of Effutu and Ghana, in general, is to continue to engage political leaders to get in-depth knowledge of whatever they do”.
“We are going to have a forum here in Effutu to discuss possible ways of ensuring the youth are made to be part in the development of their capabilities” the Convener emphasised.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
