Unkept job promises irk SPYL
Jemima BeukesWINDHOEK
The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) will take government to task to ensure resolutions made to uplift the country’s youth are fast-tracked. During a press conference in Rundu on Saturday, spokesperson Moses Shikerete said SPYL is confident that the Swapo-led government has tangible and practical solutions to solve youth unemployment.
He further questioned why there is a growing number of frustrated, unemployed youth when government policies are indeed being implemented as was promised.
Government can no longer delay the implementation of resolutions it took at the party’s elective congress in November, he added.
These resolution include the development and implementation of programmes for single mothers, substance abusers, poor students and pregnant youth.
The resolutions also include a fund geared towards providing the youth with funding for development projects and economic activities.
Swapo also committed to invest into all sports codes and the arts and to work tirelessly to institutionalise these sectors. The party further promised to revive the equipment aid scheme under the ministry of industrialisation and trade, and to formulate clear terms to ensure broader accessibility to the scheme by the youth.
Critical
“Youth unemployment has become a critical problem in our country. The issue of youth unemployment is not new and it is receiving our utmost attention. Great studies, such as the ‘Targeted Review Report on Youth Unemployment for Namibia’, have been conducted and good recommendations have been provided to address youth unemployment challenges.
“However, the issue remains the slow pace of implementation, and the lack of monitoring and evaluation,” he said.
He also pointed out that government has implemented successive strategies and programmes designed to zoom in on employment generation, and to reduce poverty and income inequality.
“Those who are tasked to implement these policies in government - either as cabinet minister, government administrators, head of parastatals and heads of government agencies - should know that the young people of Namibia have spoken.
“Sabotage of any nature to what intends to serve and protect the interests of young people will have serious consequences,” he warned.
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The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) will take government to task to ensure resolutions made to uplift the country’s youth are fast-tracked. During a press conference in Rundu on Saturday, spokesperson Moses Shikerete said SPYL is confident that the Swapo-led government has tangible and practical solutions to solve youth unemployment.
He further questioned why there is a growing number of frustrated, unemployed youth when government policies are indeed being implemented as was promised.
Government can no longer delay the implementation of resolutions it took at the party’s elective congress in November, he added.
These resolution include the development and implementation of programmes for single mothers, substance abusers, poor students and pregnant youth.
The resolutions also include a fund geared towards providing the youth with funding for development projects and economic activities.
Swapo also committed to invest into all sports codes and the arts and to work tirelessly to institutionalise these sectors. The party further promised to revive the equipment aid scheme under the ministry of industrialisation and trade, and to formulate clear terms to ensure broader accessibility to the scheme by the youth.
Critical
“Youth unemployment has become a critical problem in our country. The issue of youth unemployment is not new and it is receiving our utmost attention. Great studies, such as the ‘Targeted Review Report on Youth Unemployment for Namibia’, have been conducted and good recommendations have been provided to address youth unemployment challenges.
“However, the issue remains the slow pace of implementation, and the lack of monitoring and evaluation,” he said.
He also pointed out that government has implemented successive strategies and programmes designed to zoom in on employment generation, and to reduce poverty and income inequality.
“Those who are tasked to implement these policies in government - either as cabinet minister, government administrators, head of parastatals and heads of government agencies - should know that the young people of Namibia have spoken.
“Sabotage of any nature to what intends to serve and protect the interests of young people will have serious consequences,” he warned.
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