THE Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Caesar Kale, has urged the youth to avail themselves of the opportunities and programmes introduced by the government to help achieve the objectives of the better Ghana agenda.
He said the youth being the future leaders of the country, the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would continue to involve them in its scheme of things in order to get them empowered.
Mr Kale, who was speaking to the Daily Graphic, said the NDC would do everything possible to meet the needs of the people.
He called on the various district assemblies to rise to the occasion and respond positively to the call by President Mills to the assemblies to create jobs for the youth.
That, he said, was the only way the youth would be fully involved in the drive to attain the objectives of the better Ghana agenda.
“The call by the President is a challenge to all of us, particularly DCEs and the assemblies. They must remain proactive and work to achieve the goals of the government by creating employment opportunities,” he advised.
Mr Kale mentioned the introduction of block farming, the extension of the school feeding programme to cover more schools, the Youth-in-Agriculture programme, which, he said, had brought a lot of hope to the youth, as well as the increase in the Capitation Grant which was also enticing more children into education as examples.
Touching on how to enhance the development process of the region, the deputy minister called for unity among the rank and file of the NDC in particular and the people of the region in general, saying, “With unity and the prevailing peace, we can all contribute in diverse ways to accelerate the development of the Upper West region.”
He expressed regret that being the last region to be created, Upper West continued to grapple with development challenges and called for a change of attitude on the part of the people.
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