Politicians urged to develop policies on youth development

Politicians have been urged to develop policies on youth development to involve them in decision making rather than use them only to perpetrate violence during elections.

Ms Christabel Afrane, Programmes Manager of the Youth Challenge International, a non-governmental organization (ngo), was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), at a Film show organized by the organization at Koforidua Zongo on Saturday.

She noted that politicians only remembered the youth when it was getting to elections since they were vibrant and energetic.

Ms Afrane therefore asked the youth to ignore any politician who would not bring on board good policies aimed at improving their living conditions but would only “use them to do dirty jobs for him”.

She said her organization was showing the documentary of the Sierra Leonean war and the Rwanda genocide to the people to create awareness and educate them on what violence could do to a country.

Ms Afrane said it was important for the youth to protect the peace in the country since they were the future leaders and would have no future when there was no peace.

She called for unity among all political parties, since peace building would not be realized without unity.

Source: GNA